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CVE-2012-0500

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0500 is a critical, unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (JRE) and JavaFX versions prior to 7u3, 6u31, and 2.0.3 respectively. This flaw allows remote, untrusted Java Web Start applications or applets to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of a system through unknown vectors related to Deployment. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete impact on all three security pillars. While not listed in CISA KEV, exploit code, specifically a Metasploit module for command line argument injection, is publicly available, and it has garnered significant community and media attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:update30:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update22:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update23:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update24:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
58.97%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Sun Java Web Start Plugin Command Line Argument Injection · Feb 14, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-18520 · Feb 24, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5897 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el6_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0500Critical

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u31 and 7u3 (Deployment)

Feb 14, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00010.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0514.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
secunia.com / advisories/48073
secunia.com / advisories/48589
secunia.com / advisories/48950
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14844
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2012-366318.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52015