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CVE-2012-5081

53
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-5081 is an unspecified vulnerability within the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component of Oracle Java SE, affecting versions 7u7 and earlier, 6u35 and earlier, 5.0u36 and earlier, and 1.4.2_38 and earlier, specifically related to JSSE. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to partial availability impact, meaning denial of service. While there are no known active exploits or publicly available exploit code, a Metasploit auxiliary module exists for scanning Bleichenbacher Oracle in RSA PKCS #1 v1.5. Despite its high EPSS and FAUCET Risk Score, there is minimal 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:N/A:P

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
45.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Scanner for Bleichenbacher Oracle in RSA PKCS #1 v1.5 · Jun 17, 2009
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4511 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 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 (16)

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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.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-oracle

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-5081Moderate

OpenJDK: JSSE denial of service (JSSE, 7186286)

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
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marc.info
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rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1392.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1465.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1466.html
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www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
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hitachi.co.jp / Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS12-023/index.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2012-1515893.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/56071
xerox.com / download/security/security-bulletin/16287-4d6b7b0c81f7b/cert_XRX13-003_v1.0.pdf