Advisory Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of the Oracle Java. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the fontmanager native component. There is a vulnerability when processing Ligature Substitution subtables embedded in a "mort" table, which can result in a stack-based buffer overflow. This allows a malicious applet to execute attacker-supplied code resulting in remote code execution under the context of the current user.

• 2012-12-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
• 2013-05-10 - Coordinated public release of advisory