`CVE-2010-0093`

Affected software	2 products, listed below
Severity	5.1 Medium CVSS 2.0
Published	1 Apr 2010
Updated	16 Jun 2026

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0095.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 16 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 3.1% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Upstream data
Record active

Decided by	Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding	This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.
Candidate fix	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0093 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest kind, naming no commit, though it shows Red Hat has looked at the CVE

Decided by

Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Finding

This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Candidate fix

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0093 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest kind, naming no commit, though it shows Red Hat has looked at the CVE

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Java SE CPU Mar 2010 ↗	CPU	2010-Q1	Java SE and Java for Business / Java Runtime Environment (6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25) Oracle's note: See note 1 and 2. Applicable only for 64-bit JVM.

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Java SE CPU Mar 2010 ↗

CPU

2010-Q1

Java SE and Java for Business / Java Runtime Environment (6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25)
Oracle's note: See note 1 and 2. Applicable only for 64-bit JVM.

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Java SE and Java for Business	Java Runtime Environment	6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25	4.2.25.0 · 5.0.23.0 · 6.0.18.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Java SE and Java for Business

Java Runtime Environment

6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25

4.2.25.0 · 5.0.23.0 · 6.0.18.0

Products and versions

3 products, 133 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	sun	jdk	javase	1.5.0 · ≤ 5.0.0.0 · 1.5.0:update1 · 1.5.0:update2 · 1.5.0:update3 · 1.5.0:update4 · 1.5.0:update5 · 1.5.0:update6 · 1.5.0:update7 · 1.5.0:update8 · 1.5.0:update9 · 1.5.0:update10 · 1.5.0:update11 · 1.5.0:update12 · 1.5.0:update13 · 1.5.0:update14 · 1.5.0:update15 · 1.5.0:update16 · 1.5.0:update17 · 1.5.0:update18 · 1.5.0:update19 · 1.5.0:update20 · 1.5.0:update21 · 1.6.0 · ≤ 6.0.0.0 · 1.6.0:update1 · 1.6.0:update1_b06 · 1.6.0:update2 · 1.6.0:update_3 · 1.6.0:update_4 · 1.6.0:update_5 · 1.6.0:update_6 · 1.6.0:update_7 · 1.6.0:update_10 · 1.6.0:update_11 · 1.6.0:update_12 · 1.6.0:update_13 · 1.6.0:update_14 · 1.6.0:update_15 · 1.6.0:update_16 · 1.6.0:update_17
nvd	sun	jre	javase	1.4.2 · 1.4.2_1 · 1.4.2_2 · 1.4.2_3 · 1.4.2_4 · 1.4.2_5 · 1.4.2_6 · 1.4.2_7 · 1.4.2_8 · 1.4.2_9 · 1.4.2_10 · 1.4.2_11 · 1.4.2_12 · 1.4.2_13 · 1.4.2_14 · 1.4.2_15 · 1.4.2_16 · 1.4.2_17 · 1.4.2_18 · 1.4.2_19 · 1.4.2_20 · 1.4.2_21 · 1.4.2_22 · 1.4.2_23 · 1.4.2_24 · ≤ 4.2.25.0 · 1.5.0 · ≤ 5.0.0.0 · 1.5.0:update1 · 1.5.0:update2 · 1.5.0:update3 · 1.5.0:update4 · 1.5.0:update5 · 1.5.0:update6 · 1.5.0:update7 · 1.5.0:update8 · 1.5.0:update9 · 1.5.0:update10 · 1.5.0:update11 · 1.5.0:update12 · 1.5.0:update13 · 1.5.0:update14 · 1.5.0:update15 · 1.5.0:update16 · 1.5.0:update17 · 1.5.0:update18 · 1.5.0:update19 · 1.5.0:update20 · 1.5.0:update21 · 1.6.0 · ≤ 6.0.0.0 · 1.6.0:update_1 · 1.6.0:update_2 · 1.6.0:update_3 · 1.6.0:update_4 · 1.6.0:update_5 · 1.6.0:update_6 · 1.6.0:update_7 · 1.6.0:update_10 · 1.6.0:update_11 · 1.6.0:update_12 · 1.6.0:update_13 · 1.6.0:update_14 · 1.6.0:update_15 · 1.6.0:update_16 · 1.6.0:update_17
nvd	sun	sdk	generic	1.4.2 · 1.4.2_1 · 1.4.2_02 · 1.4.2_3 · 1.4.2_4 · 1.4.2_5 · 1.4.2_6 · 1.4.2_7 · 1.4.2_8 · 1.4.2_9 · 1.4.2_10 · 1.4.2_11 · 1.4.2_12 · 1.4.2_13 · 1.4.2_14 · 1.4.2_15 · 1.4.2_16 · 1.4.2_17 · 1.4.2_18 · 1.4.2_19 · 1.4.2_20 · 1.4.2_21 · 1.4.2_22 · 1.4.2_23 · 1.4.2_24 · ≤ 1.4.2.25

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

sun

jdk

javase

1.5.0 · ≤ 5.0.0.0 · 1.5.0:update1 · 1.5.0:update2 · 1.5.0:update3 · 1.5.0:update4 · 1.5.0:update5 · 1.5.0:update6 · 1.5.0:update7 · 1.5.0:update8 · 1.5.0:update9 · 1.5.0:update10 · 1.5.0:update11 · 1.5.0:update12 · 1.5.0:update13 · 1.5.0:update14 · 1.5.0:update15 · 1.5.0:update16 · 1.5.0:update17 · 1.5.0:update18 · 1.5.0:update19 · 1.5.0:update20 · 1.5.0:update21 · 1.6.0 · ≤ 6.0.0.0 · 1.6.0:update1 · 1.6.0:update1_b06 · 1.6.0:update2 · 1.6.0:update_3 · 1.6.0:update_4 · 1.6.0:update_5 · 1.6.0:update_6 · 1.6.0:update_7 · 1.6.0:update_10 · 1.6.0:update_11 · 1.6.0:update_12 · 1.6.0:update_13 · 1.6.0:update_14 · 1.6.0:update_15 · 1.6.0:update_16 · 1.6.0:update_17

nvd

sun

jre

javase

1.4.2 · 1.4.2_1 · 1.4.2_2 · 1.4.2_3 · 1.4.2_4 · 1.4.2_5 · 1.4.2_6 · 1.4.2_7 · 1.4.2_8 · 1.4.2_9 · 1.4.2_10 · 1.4.2_11 · 1.4.2_12 · 1.4.2_13 · 1.4.2_14 · 1.4.2_15 · 1.4.2_16 · 1.4.2_17 · 1.4.2_18 · 1.4.2_19 · 1.4.2_20 · 1.4.2_21 · 1.4.2_22 · 1.4.2_23 · 1.4.2_24 · ≤ 4.2.25.0 · 1.5.0 · ≤ 5.0.0.0 · 1.5.0:update1 · 1.5.0:update2 · 1.5.0:update3 · 1.5.0:update4 · 1.5.0:update5 · 1.5.0:update6 · 1.5.0:update7 · 1.5.0:update8 · 1.5.0:update9 · 1.5.0:update10 · 1.5.0:update11 · 1.5.0:update12 · 1.5.0:update13 · 1.5.0:update14 · 1.5.0:update15 · 1.5.0:update16 · 1.5.0:update17 · 1.5.0:update18 · 1.5.0:update19 · 1.5.0:update20 · 1.5.0:update21 · 1.6.0 · ≤ 6.0.0.0 · 1.6.0:update_1 · 1.6.0:update_2 · 1.6.0:update_3 · 1.6.0:update_4 · 1.6.0:update_5 · 1.6.0:update_6 · 1.6.0:update_7 · 1.6.0:update_10 · 1.6.0:update_11 · 1.6.0:update_12 · 1.6.0:update_13 · 1.6.0:update_14 · 1.6.0:update_15 · 1.6.0:update_16 · 1.6.0:update_17

nvd

sun

sdk

generic

1.4.2 · 1.4.2_1 · 1.4.2_02 · 1.4.2_3 · 1.4.2_4 · 1.4.2_5 · 1.4.2_6 · 1.4.2_7 · 1.4.2_8 · 1.4.2_9 · 1.4.2_10 · 1.4.2_11 · 1.4.2_12 · 1.4.2_13 · 1.4.2_14 · 1.4.2_15 · 1.4.2_16 · 1.4.2_17 · 1.4.2_18 · 1.4.2_19 · 1.4.2_20 · 1.4.2_21 · 1.4.2_22 · 1.4.2_23 · 1.4.2_24 · ≤ 1.4.2.25

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0093	redhat-cve
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0339	ADVISORY, RHSA-2010:0339
http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
http://osvdb.org/63485

URL

Timeline

Published	2010-04-01	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2010-04-01

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-16

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (19 of 24 rules ran)

19 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven no match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package no match An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product matched In scope Matches known products: sun/jre, sun/jdk, sun/sdk

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (redhat-cve tier): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0093 (from RHSA-2010:0339)

18 open-source-maven skipped The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match no match A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold withheld CVE ships in Java SE CPU Mar 2010 (CPU) — Oracle treats it as urgent, so severity does not settle it

24 no-exploit-published decided it matched No exploit published No exploit code has been published, and an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds.

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

sun jre tracked cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

sun jdk tracked cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

sun sdk tracked cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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