CVE-2013-2450 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 18 Jun 2013 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Java Runtime Environment via serialization vulnerabilities, requiring immediate patching.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-2450?

CVE-2013-2450 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 18 Jun 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 21 and earlier, 6 Update 45 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 45 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect availability via unknown vectors related to Serialization. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to improper handling of circular references in ObjectStreamClass.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2450?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre, Sun Jdk, Sun Jre.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2450?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-2450 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2450 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-h4m3-84wr-c7xg.