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CVE-2012-0503

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0503 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE JRE versions 7u2 and earlier, 6u30 and earlier, 5.0u33 and earlier, and 1.4.2_35 and earlier, specifically related to the I18n component. This flaw allows remote, untrusted Java Web Start applications and applets to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise (C:P/I:P/A:P) without authentication. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available 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

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0287 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (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-2012-0503Critical

OpenJDK: unrestricted use of TimeZone.setDefault() (i18n, 7110687)

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%3A14813
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2420
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2012-366318.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/52018