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CVE-2013-0402

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-0402 is a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Oracle Java SE (JRE) and JavaFX, affecting versions 7 Update 17 and earlier, and 2.2.7 and earlier, respectively. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with maximum impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as demonstrated during the Pwn2Own 2013 competition. Despite its critical CVSS score of 10.0 and high FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100, there is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in the KEV catalog. Furthermore, there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.2.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
9.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0963 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el6
View patch
oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-0402Critical

JDK: unspecified JavaFX buffer overflow leading to JVM compromise (CanSecWest 2013, JavaFX)

Mar 6, 2013

References

h30499.www3.hp.com / t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
Vendor Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15728
twitter.com / thezdi/status/309484730506698752
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
Vendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / ncas/alerts/TA13-107A
US Government Resource
zdnet.com / pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283