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CVE-2012-3174

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3174 is an unspecified critical vulnerability affecting Oracle Java 7 before Update 11, impacting both JDK and JRE. With a CVSS score of 10.0, it allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. While the exact details remain undisclosed, it is distinct from CVE-2013-0422. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, suggesting no active exploitation. Despite its age, it garnered significant community discussion and media coverage at the time of its disclosure.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0458 is in the 84th 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

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-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.11-1jpp.3.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.9-2.3.4.el5_9.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.9-2.3.4.1.el6_3
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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: 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-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.11-1jpp.3.el6_3
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-3174Critical

OpenJDK: MethodHandles incorrect permission checks (Libraries, 8004933)

Jan 13, 2013

References

blog.fuseyism.com / index.php/2013/01/15/security-icedtea-2-1-4-2-2-4-2-3-4-released
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00025.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0156.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0165.html
wiki.mageia.org / en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0018
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-0422-1896849.html
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-1693-1