# CVE-2013-2423

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2013-2423
- **Severity:** LOW
- **CVSS Score:** 3.7 (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N)
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Apr 17, 2013
- **Last Modified:** Sep 16, 2026

## 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.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml)
- [CNA](http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=acd2dd6d-1028-4996-95df-efa42ac237f0)
- [CNA](http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A)
- [CNA](https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130)
- [CNA](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html)
- [CNA](http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3f)
- [CNA](http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976)
- [CNA](http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161)
- [CNA](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html)
- [CNA](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html)
- [CNA](http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1)
- [CNA](http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html)
- [CNA](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398)
- [CNA](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16700)
- [CNA](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html)
- [CNA](http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/)
- [CISA-ADP](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-2423)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 93.40%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 99.8

## Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV)

- **Date Added:** May 25, 2022
- **Due Date:** Jun 15, 2022

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._