CVE-2013-1491

Publication date 8 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 2D, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openjdk-6 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
openjdk-7 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

appears to be Oracle 7 only (ie, not OpenJDK)

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