CVE-2012-1723
9.8, critical Known exploited Used in ransomwareOracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 9.8, critical critical CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- 94% higher than 99.8% of scored CVEs
- Exploitation
- Confirmed in the wild
- Published
- 16 Jun 201214 years ago
Known exploited
CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 3 Mar 2022 and links it to ransomware activity. US federal agencies had to remediate by 24 Mar 2022, a deadline that has passed.
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Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 update 4 and earlier, 6 update 32 and earlier, 5 update 35 and earlier, and 1.4.2_37 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.
Details
- Vendor
- Oracle and 1 more
- Product
- JDK
- Weakness
- CWE-284 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Analyzed
- Updated
- 6 Aug 2026
- Assigner
- secalert_us@oracle.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References 11
Advisories 6
- rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2012-0734.html (opens in a new tab)
- security.gentoo.org /glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml (opens in a new tab)
- mandriva.com /security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:095 (opens in a new tab)
- oracle.com /technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2012-1515912.html (opens in a new tab)
- securityfocus.com /bid/53960 (opens in a new tab)
- oval.cisecurity.org /repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16259 (opens in a new tab)
Other references 5
- mail.openjdk.java.net /pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-June/019076.html (opens in a new tab)
- marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=134496371727681&w=2 (opens in a new tab)
- secunia.com /advisories/51080 (opens in a new tab)
- ibm.com /support/docview.wss?uid=swg21615246 (opens in a new tab)
- cisa.gov /known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2012-1723 (opens in a new tab)
The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.