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CVE-2012-5079

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CVE-2012-5079 is an unspecified integrity vulnerability affecting Oracle Java SE and JRE versions 7u7 and earlier, 6u35 and earlier, 5.0u36 and earlier, and 1.4.2_38 and earlier, specifically related to the Libraries component. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows remote attackers to impact data integrity without requiring authentication or complex attack vectors. 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
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
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: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

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0339 is in the 83rd 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 (18)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.10.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.50.1.11.5.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.9-2.3.3.el6_3.1
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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.el5_9
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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.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.37-1jpp.1.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.12.0-1jpp.1.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.14-1jpp.1.el5_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.9-1jpp.3.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.37-1jpp.1.el6_3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.12.0-1jpp.1.el6_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.3.0-1jpp.2.el6_3
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redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5079Moderate

OpenJDK: ServiceLoader reject not subtype classes without instantiating (Libraries, 7195919)

Oct 16, 2012

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00016.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-10/msg00023.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00010.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00011.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2012-11/msg00022.html
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1385.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1386.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1391.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1392.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1465.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1466.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1467.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
secunia.com / advisories/51028
secunia.com / advisories/51029
secunia.com / advisories/51141
secunia.com / advisories/51166
secunia.com / advisories/51313
secunia.com / advisories/51315
secunia.com / advisories/51326
secunia.com / advisories/51327
secunia.com / advisories/51328
secunia.com / advisories/51390
secunia.com / advisories/51393
secunia.com / advisories/51438
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/79433
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16602
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
hitachi.co.jp / Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS12-023/index.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56082
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf