Oracle JRE 1.6.0/1.7.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle JRE 1.6.0/1.7.0. This issue affects some unknown processing. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2012-3159. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle JRE 1.6.0/1.7.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier, and 6 Update 35 and earlier, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment.

The weakness was presented 10/16/2012 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3159 since 06/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/08/2026). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72139 (GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185012 (HP-UX Running Java Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02832)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (79424), Tenable (72139), SecurityFocus (BID 56072†), Secunia (SA51326†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36808†). See VDB-5549, VDB-5550, VDB-7753 and VDB-8581 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72139
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 841202
OpenVAS Name: Ubuntu Update for openjdk-7 USN-1619-1
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2012:1391
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62693

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X-Force: 79424
SecurityFocus: 56072 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2012-3159 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 51326
Vulnerability Center: 36808 - [javacpuoct2012-1515924] Oracle JRE in Java SE Unspecified Remote Vulnerability Related to Deployment - CVE-2012-3159, High

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 10/08/2026 09:41
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (67), 04/20/2017 10:30 (8), 12/19/2021 08:41 (3), 12/19/2021 08:42 (1), 10/08/2026 09:38 (1), 10/08/2026 09:41 (20)
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Committer: lywand
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