`CVE-2011-3553`

3.5 Low No exploit published

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, and JRockit R28.1.4 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality, related to JAXWS.

Exploitation Status

No public exploit

Nothing published shows this CVE being exploited, which is not the same as ruling it out. nothing published in 14 years.

CVSS E:U

CISA KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 2.2% chance in 30 days

Waratek Defense Posture

No exploit published

In RASP's scope with an upstream fix path, but nobody has published a working exploit. That is a statement about what has been published, not a finding that the defect is unreachable or unimportant.

Protection none
Action unverified patch rule
Review automated upstream-data
Record active

Decided by no-exploit-published : A published working exploit for this candidate, not only a proof of concept, a forecast, or nothing at all

Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, and no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it. Nobody has published something a stranger can run, 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-2011-3553 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest tier, pinning no commit, but its existence means Red Hat triaged and shipped the CVE

Decided by	`no-exploit-published` : A published working exploit for this candidate, not only a proof of concept, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding	This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, and no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it. Nobody has published something a stranger can run, 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-2011-3553 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest tier, pinning no commit, but its existence means Red Hat triaged and shipped the CVE

CVSS

3.5 v2.0 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N 1 metric

VRT selects the newest version's highest entry and publishes it as cvssScore, newest rather than largest because scores are not comparable across versions, and highest rather than first because the first entry is frequently a CNA placeholder scoring 0.0 over NVD's own analysis.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 2.0 3.5 no band published AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N NVD Primary published

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 2.0	3.5	no band published	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N`	NVD	Primary	published

Affected Software & Releases

🏛️ Oracle CPU Advisories & Products

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle named in risk matrix
Java SE CPU Oct 2011 ↗	CPU	2011-Q4	Oracle JDK, JRE and JRockit / Java Runtime Environment (JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle named in risk matrix

Java SE CPU Oct 2011 ↗

CPU

2011-Q4

Oracle JDK, JRE and JRockit / Java Runtime Environment (JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before)

Indexed Oracle Components & Versions

Family	Component	Oracle's version cell (verbatim)	Indexed as
Oracle JDK, JRE and JRockit	Java Runtime Environment	JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before	7

Family

Component

Oracle's version cell (verbatim)

Indexed as

Oracle JDK, JRE and JRockit

Java Runtime Environment

JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before

🖥️ Product CPEs & Version Ranges

3 product(s) over 61 version claims (uncapped)

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected Versions
nvd	oracle	jrockit	generic	r28.0.0 · r28.0.1 · r28.0.2 · r28.1.0 · r28.1.1 · r28.1.3 · ≤ 28.1.4
nvd	sun	jdk	javase	1.6.0 · ≤ 6.0.0.0 · 1.6.0:update1 · 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 · 1.6.0:update_18 · 1.6.0:update_19 · 1.6.0:update_20 · 1.6.0:update_21 · 1.6.0:update_22 · 1.6.0:update_23 · 1.6.0:update_24 · 1.6.0:update_25 · 1.6.0:update_26 · 1.7.0
nvd	sun	jre	javase	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 · 1.6.0:update_18 · 1.6.0:update_19 · 1.6.0:update_20 · 1.6.0:update_21 · 1.6.0:update_22 · 1.6.0:update_23 · 1.6.0:update_24 · 1.6.0:update_25 · 1.6.0:update_26 · 1.7.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected Versions

nvd

oracle

jrockit

generic

r28.0.0 · r28.0.1 · r28.0.2 · r28.1.0 · r28.1.1 · r28.1.3 · ≤ 28.1.4

nvd

sun

jdk

javase

1.6.0 · ≤ 6.0.0.0 · 1.6.0:update1 · 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 · 1.6.0:update_18 · 1.6.0:update_19 · 1.6.0:update_20 · 1.6.0:update_21 · 1.6.0:update_22 · 1.6.0:update_23 · 1.6.0:update_24 · 1.6.0:update_25 · 1.6.0:update_26 · 1.7.0

nvd

sun

jre

javase

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 · 1.6.0:update_18 · 1.6.0:update_19 · 1.6.0:update_20 · 1.6.0:update_21 · 1.6.0:update_22 · 1.6.0:update_23 · 1.6.0:update_24 · 1.6.0:update_25 · 1.6.0:update_26 · 1.7.0

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3553	redhat-cve
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011:1380	ADVISORY, RHSA-2011:1380
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-01/msg00049.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132750579901589&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
http://osvdb.org/76512
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/48308
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml

URL

Timeline

Published 2011-10-19 Last modified 2026-06-16

Published	2011-10-19	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2011-10-19

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-16

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

Pipeline policy audit (17 of 21 rules evaluated)

17 of 21 rules ran. The rest were never reached, because an earlier stage settled the CVE, a distinct claim from a rule that ran and found nothing.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? first match wins

1 rejected no-match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is the vulnerability ARMR's to address? first match wins

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 native WebLogic proxy plug-in. Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 osv-maven no-match An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central

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

10 known-cpe-product matched Queued for review Matches known products: sun/jdk, sun/jre, oracle/jrockit

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

12 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.

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

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

disposition: What do we do about one that is? cumulative: every rule gets a turn

15 patch-hint matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (redhat-cve tier): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-3553 (from RHSA-2011:1380)

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

17 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

18 no-exploit skipped With no fix path, a public exploit, or a CISA record of one

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

20 below-action-threshold withheld CVE ships in Java SE CPU Oct 2011 (CPU) — Oracle treats it as urgent, so severity does not settle it

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

What the scope rules read

The products the record named, and whether known-products.yaml tracks them. This is the evidence the scope stage decided on.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

sun jdk tracked cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

sun jre tracked cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle jrockit tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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