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CVE-2012-0502

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0502 is an unspecified vulnerability within the AWT component of Oracle Java SE, affecting versions 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, 5.0 Update 33 and earlier, and 1.4.2_35 and earlier. This vulnerability allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and applets to impact the confidentiality and availability of affected systems. With a CVSS score of 6.4, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability that can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.2_35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2_3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0289 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (13)

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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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.25.1.10.6.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.43.1.10.6.el6_2
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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: RHEL 5 for SAPFixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-0:1.4.2.13.12.sap-1jpp.2.el5
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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 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.13.1-1jpp.1.el5
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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: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.12-1jpp.1.el5_8
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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-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.13.1-1jpp.2.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-2012-0502Moderate

OpenJDK: KeyboardFocusManager focus stealing (AWT, 7110683)

Feb 14, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-06/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-07/msg00007.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-08/msg00015.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0514.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0702.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1080.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
secunia.com / advisories/48073
secunia.com / advisories/48074
secunia.com / advisories/48589
secunia.com / advisories/48692
secunia.com / advisories/48915
secunia.com / advisories/48948
secunia.com / advisories/48950
secunia.com / advisories/49198
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14900
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2420
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2012-366318.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52011