Oracle Java AWT Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

June 27th, 2013
ZDI-13-158 ZDI-CAN-1820

CVE ID

CVE-2013-2470

CVSS Score

10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Vendors

Oracle

Affected Products

Java Runtime

Vulnerability Details


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of 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 vulnerability is an array indexing flaw inside the Java AWT imaging library allowing for memory corruption. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability into remote execution of arbitrary code as the current user.

Additional Details

Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2013-03-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-06-27 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Vitaliy Toropov

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