CVE-2012-1723

highpriority · act · 90OT risk · criticalKEV · exploitedEPSS 0.936 · 100 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUS

grimoire priorityP0 · Act now

Exploitable?

Yes · in the wild

CISA KEV · 3 exploits · weaponized

Likely / severe?

93.6% (100th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

19 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

added 2022-03-03remediate by 2022-03-24

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EPSS · scored 2026-10-26

Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 update 4 and earlier, 6 update 32 and earlier, 5 update 35 and earlier, and 1.4.2_37 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Hotspot.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.8–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: active · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-284US

exploits (3)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

exploit/multi/browser/java_verifier_field_accessJava Applet Field Bytecode Verifier Cache Remote Code Executionweaponized · metasploit
EDB-19717Java Applet - Field Bytecode Verifier Cache Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
EthanNJC/CVE-2012-1723Proof of concept exploit for CVE-2012-1723PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (19)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
oracle jdk≤ 1.4.2_37nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk= 1.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk= 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk= 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre≤ 1.4.2_37nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre= 1.5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre= 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre= 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux desktop= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux eus= 6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux server aus= 6.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise linux workstation= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat icedtea6< 1.10.8nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat icedtea61.11.0 → 1.11.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:redhat:icedtea6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2012-06-16modified 2026-08-06

references (31)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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