Memory corruption in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2013-1493

 

Memory corruption in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2013-1493

Published: January 13, 2017 / Updated: November 20, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU4439
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-1493
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle Java SE

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The weakness exists due to multiple integer and buffer overflows in the color management (CMM) functionality within the 2D component. A remote attacker can create specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into visiting it, trigger memory corruption using an image with crafted raster parameters and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

How to mitigate CVE-2013-1493

Install update from vendor's website.

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