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CVE-2012-0507

9.8 Critical Mitigation candidate

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 33 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Concurrency. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2012 Oracle CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor and third party researchers that this issue occurs because the AtomicReferenceArray class implementation does not ensure that the array is of the Object[] type, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM crash) or bypass Java sandbox restrictions. NOTE: this issue was originally mapped to CVE-2011-3571, but that identifier was already assigned to a different issue.

CWE-843

Exploitation Status

Exploited in the wild

Confirmed real-world exploitation.

CVSS E:A

  • CISA KEV listed Confirmed exploitation in the wild. Added 2022-03-03 · remediation due 2022-03-24 · ransomware use: known
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: active CISA records active exploitation. Automatable: yes, technical impact: total.
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2012-03-30.
  • EPSS 98% chance in 30 days A model prediction, not an observation. Higher than 99.9% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Java - AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation (Metasploit) 2012-03-30

Waratek Defense Posture

Mitigation candidate

A defect of the type ARMR addresses, with a fix path to work from and a working exploit already published. This is a claim on attention, not a scheduling commitment: no rule exists and none is scheduled.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified patch rule
  • Review automated inferred
  • Record active
Decided by patch-hint : A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug
Finding Red Hat published an advisory () confirming a fix exists, and the linked Bugzilla ticket (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788994) points to the upstream OpenJDK source patch. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: whether one can be derived depends on reading the actual change.
Candidate fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788994 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

CVSS

9.8 CRITICAL v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H 2 metrics

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.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.1 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary published
CVSS 2.0 10.0 no band published AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C NVD Primary

Affected Software & Releases

🏛️ Oracle CPU Advisories & Products

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle named in risk matrix
Java SE CPU Feb 2012 CPU 2012-Q1 Oracle Java SE / Java Runtime Environment (7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before)

Indexed Oracle Components & Versions

FamilyComponentOracle's version cell (verbatim)Indexed as
Oracle Java SE Java Runtime Environment 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before

🖥️ Product CPEs & Version Ranges

7 product(s) over 73 version claims (uncapped)
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected Versions
nvd debian debian linux generic 6.0 · 7.0
nvd oracle jre javase 1.6.0:update22 · 1.6.0:update23 · 1.6.0:update24 · 1.6.0:update25 · 1.6.0:update26 · 1.6.0:update27 · 1.6.0:update29 · 1.6.0:update30 · 1.7.0 · 1.7.0:update1 · 1.7.0:update2
nvd sun jre javase 1.5.0 · 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 · 1.5.0:update22 · 1.5.0:update23 · 1.5.0:update24 · 1.5.0:update25 · 1.5.0:update26 · 1.5.0:update27 · 1.5.0:update28 · 1.5.0:update29 · 1.5.0:update31 · 1.5.0:update33 · 1.6.0 · 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
nvd suse linux enterprise desktop generic 10:sp4
nvd suse linux enterprise java generic 10:sp4 · 11:sp1
nvd suse linux enterprise server generic 10:sp4 · 11:sp1 · 11:sp2
nvd suse linux enterprise software development kit generic 11:sp1 · 11:sp2

References

URLTags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=788994 bugzilla
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0135 ADVISORY, RHSA-2012:0135
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0507 REPORT, RHSA-2012:0135
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:0322 ADVISORY, RHSA-2012:0322
http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2012/03/20/an-interesting-case-of-jre-sandbox-breach-cve-2012-0507.aspx Broken Link, Third Party Advisory
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/new-java-attack-rolled-into-exploit-packs/ Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00009.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-05/msg00010.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133364885411663&w=2 Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2 Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published 2012-06-07 Last modified 2026-08-14
Published2012-06-07By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-08-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.