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CVE-2012-1541

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-1541 is an unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) affecting Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11 and 6 through Update 38. It carries a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating that an unauthenticated remote attacker can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While Oracle's official description is vague, third-party analysis suggests it involves a use-after-free vulnerability in the JRE plug-in for WebKit-based browsers, allowing arbitrary code execution. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
10.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1092 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.4.0-1jpp.2.el6_4
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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: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.5Fixed 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-1:1.6.0.39-1jpp.4.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.13-1jpp.1.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.13.0-1jpp.2.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.4.0-1jpp.2.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.39-1jpp.1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.13-1jpp.3.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.13.0-1jpp.3.el6_4
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-1541Critical

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u39 and 7u13 (Deployment)

Feb 1, 2013

References

marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0236.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0237.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16384
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19070
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19499
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/858729
US Government Resource
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/57697
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html
US Government Resource
verisigninc.com / en_US/products-and-services/network-intelligence-availability/idefense/public-vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml