CVE-2013-2423 Oracle JRE Unspecified

What is CVE-2013-2423?

CVE-2013-2423 is a low-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 17 Apr 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.

Weakness: CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2423?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Jre.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2423?

Apply the vendor's patch. US federal agencies must fix it by 15 Jun 2022.

Is CVE-2013-2423 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2013-2423 in the wild since at least 25 May 2022.

Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
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• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-wq4h-35pf-mp23.