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CVE-2012-0500 in the critical feed json

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier…

published 2012-02-15 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-0532

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
58.0%
EPSS 58.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.0.2 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.4 1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el5_9
  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.4 1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el6_4
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2013:1455RHSA-2012:0139RHSA-2012:0514

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-0500 updated cvss 6.8

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u31 and 7u3 (Deployment)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 java-1.6.0-sun, java-1.6.0-sun-src, java-1.6.0-sun-demo, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc, java-1.6.0-sun-javafx, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.1.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, +1 more
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.1.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_2, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_2, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0139
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el5_9 Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el6_4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2013:1455
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.6.0-openjdk Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.6.0-openjdk, java-1.6.0-openjdk-src, java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo, java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/browser/java_ws_vmargs)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

58.04% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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