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CVE-2013-5838

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-5838 is an unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u25 and earlier, and Java SE Embedded 7u25 and earlier, related to Libraries. This critical flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.3, indicating that it can be exploited remotely with medium attack complexity to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, including reports of re-emerging issues due to incomplete patching.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0465 is in the 56th percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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-1:1.7.0.45-1jpp.1.el5_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.45-2.4.3.1.el5_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.45-2.4.3.2.el6_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el6_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.6.0-1jpp.1.el5_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.45-1jpp.2.el6_4
View patch
oraclevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-5838Critical

OpenJDK: Vulnerability in Libraries component (Libraries, 7023639)

Oct 15, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00013.html
marc.info
osvdb.org / 98536
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1440.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1447.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1451.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1507.html
secunia.com / advisories/56338
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19141
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/63131