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Vulnerability record · CVE-2013-1537 · published 17 April 2013

CVE-2013-1537: Oracle jre vulnerability

Oracle · Jre

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to RMI. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to the default java.rmi.server.useCodebaseOnly setting of false, which allows remote attackers to perform "dynamic class downloading" and execute arbitrary code.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 9.9% · top 4.6%
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
9.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
4Affected product versions listed by NVD
72References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to RMI. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to the default java.rmi.server.useCodebaseOnly setting of false, which allows remote attackers to perform "dynamic class downloading" and execute arbitrary code.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

4 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/f098e2297ff1
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/096ed306159f
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Apr/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00007.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Feb/18
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/7u21-relnotes-1932873.html#rmichanges
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.security-explorations.com/en/SE-2012-01-details.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59194
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A US Government Resource
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952387
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16578
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19385
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19550
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/f098e2297ff1

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2013-1537), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.