`CVE-2012-1682` Oracle JRE

Affected software	Oracle JRE
Severity	10.0 High CVSS 2.0
Published	30 Aug 2012
Updated	16 Jun 2026

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Beans, a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-3136. NOTE: Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is related to "XMLDecoder security issue via ClassFinder."

Exploitation status

Exploited

Real-world exploitation reported by VulnCheck KEV. CISA has not confirmed it.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV listed Exploitation reported in the wild. 1 citation · earliest 2013-02-12.
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 5.4% chance in 30 days

VulnCheck KEV

Exploitation evidence from VulnCheck Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (VulnCheck KEV), used under VulnCheck's community terms. View CVE-2012-1682 in VulnCheck (free account).

Evidence	Source	Detail	Date
Reported exploitation	securelist.com	/adobe-flash-player-0-day-and-hackingteams-remote-control-system/64215	2013-02-12

Evidence

Source

Detail

Date

Reported exploitation

securelist.com

/adobe-flash-player-0-day-and-hackingteams-remote-control-system/64215

2013-02-12

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Inferred
Record active

Decided by	A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug
Finding	A reference points at an upstream fix (redhat-cve tier): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule — it is the kind of defect ARMR can address, and there is a fix to work from. No rule exists and none is scheduled: writing one means reading the linked change and finding a hook point ARMR can express it at, which may turn out not to exist.
Candidate fix	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682 : a Red Hat CVE page: the weakest kind, naming no commit, though it shows Red Hat has looked at the CVE

Decided by

A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

Finding

A reference points at an upstream fix (redhat-cve tier): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule — it is the kind of defect ARMR can address, and there is a fix to work from. No rule exists and none is scheduled: writing one means reading the linked change and finding a hook point ARMR can express it at, which may turn out not to exist.

Candidate fix

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682 : 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

Products and versions

2 products, 14 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	oracle	jdk	javase	1.7.0 · ≤ 7.0.0.0 · 1.7.0:update1 · 1.7.0:update2 · 1.7.0:update3 · 1.7.0:update4 · 1.7.0:update5
nvd	oracle	jre	javase	1.7.0 · ≤ 7.0.0.0 · 1.7.0:update1 · 1.7.0:update2 · 1.7.0:update3 · 1.7.0:update4 · 1.7.0:update5

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

oracle

jdk

javase

1.7.0 · ≤ 7.0.0.0 · 1.7.0:update1 · 1.7.0:update2 · 1.7.0:update3 · 1.7.0:update4 · 1.7.0:update5

nvd

oracle

jre

javase

1.7.0 · ≤ 7.0.0.0 · 1.7.0:update1 · 1.7.0:update2 · 1.7.0:update3 · 1.7.0:update4 · 1.7.0:update5

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682	redhat-cve
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1221	ADVISORY, RHSA-2012:1221
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1222	ADVISORY, RHSA-2012:1222
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012:1223	ADVISORY, RHSA-2012:1223
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00019.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00032.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135109152819176&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1222.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1225.html

URL

Timeline

Published	2012-08-30	By the CVE Program.
VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence	2013-02-12	Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2012-08-30

By the CVE Program.

VulnCheck KEV: earliest evidence

2013-02-12

Date of the oldest evidence of exploitation in VulnCheck KEV's record. VulnCheck does not publish the date it listed the CVE.

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: oracle/jdk, oracle/jre

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 decided it matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (redhat-cve tier): https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1682 (from RHSA-2012:1221)

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 no match Severity is HIGH — only MEDIUM/LOW are deprioritized

24 no-exploit-published no match A CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, a CISA verdict of active exploitation, a reviewed exploit catalogue, or a GitHub PoC with 5 or more stars carries this CVE — exploit code is in use or published, so it stays a candidate

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

oracle jdk tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:update6:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

oracle jre tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:update6:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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