Is CVE-2013-2423 actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2423 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-22.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2423?

CVE-2013-2423 has a CVSS score of 3.7 (LOW severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2013-2423?

Patch guidance is available from oracle security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2013-2423.

CVE-2013-2423 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2013-2423?

15 products: oracle jre, oracle jre, oracle jre, oracle jre, oracle jre, and 10 more.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass permission checks by the MethodHandles method and modify arbitrary public final fields using reflection and type confusion, as demonstrated using integer and double fields to disable the security manager.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: high
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfoCWE-284

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ORACLE
Published: 4/17/2013
Last Modified: 10/22/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

oracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jreoracle : jrecanonical : ubuntu_linuxopensuse : opensuse

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD