How severe is CVE-2012-5076?

CVE-2012-5076 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). EPSS estimates a 91.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2012-5076: Oracle Java SE Sandbox Bypass

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Oracle Java SE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-28

Remediation due

2022-04-18

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5076

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, related to JAX-WS.

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA9.8 CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

10 Links

Vendor advisories

Third-party advisories

Vulnerability databases

oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16641

Other references

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html

Record Details

Published

2012-10-16

Last updated

2025-10-22

Assigner (CNA)

oracle

Credited to

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