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CVE-2013-2458

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2458 is an unspecified vulnerability affecting the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, as well as OpenJDK 7. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) allows remote attackers to compromise confidentiality and integrity, potentially bypassing the Java sandbox through an error related to method handles. While Oracle's official description is vague, other vendors suggest a sandbox bypass. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0413 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.25-1jpp.1.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.25-2.3.10.4.el5_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.25-2.3.10.3.el6_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.5.0-1jpp.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-1:1.7.0.5.0-1jpp.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-1:1.7.0.25-1jpp.1.el6_4
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oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2458Moderate

OpenJDK: Method handles (Libraries, 8009424)

Jun 18, 2013

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2013-0185.html
hg.openjdk.java.net / jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/9efb5fb77027
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0963.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/54154
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17069
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19709
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html
Vendor Advisory
us-cert.gov / ncas/alerts/TA13-169A
US Government Resource