Oracle Java JavaFX D3DRendererDelegate Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

February 11th, 2013
ZDI-13-023 ZDI-CAN-1594

CVE ID

CVE-2013-1479

CVSS Score

7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 flaw exists within the JavaFX D3DRendererDelegate class. A value utilized by the class constructor is passed to a native function and is interpreted as a pointer to an object. An attacker could leverage this to gain remote code execution under the context of the process.

Additional Details

Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html

Disclosure Timeline

  • 2012-10-29 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2013-02-11 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

Chris Ries

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