CVE-2010-0840

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.8 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-05-25), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.8
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS: 96%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is related to improper checks when executing privileged methods in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) an untrusted object that extends the trusted class but has not modified a certain method, or (2) "a similar trust issue with interfaces," aka "Trusted Methods Chaining Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EPSS
99.9%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

April 1, 2010

Last Modified

April 21, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Apr 29, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
generic

About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/39292
generic

'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02799 SSRT100867 rev.1 - HP Network Node Manager i (NNMi) v9.0x Running JD' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
generic

'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02524 SSRT100089 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Java, Remote Execution of Arbitrary' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2010-0840(3)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(9)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-6-jre-lib (6b12-0ubuntu6.7) @ intrepid2026-07-21ubuntu
redhatjava-1.4.2-ibm-sap-0:1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el52010-08-02redhat
redhatjava-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el52010-07-29redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el52010-06-17redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el42010-06-14redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el52010-04-29redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.11.b16.el52010-04-01redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el52010-04-01redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el52010-04-01redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(6)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 85× in last 7d / 353× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 648 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-22 01:37 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-22 01:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-21 20:24 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-21 20:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-21 16:01 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-21 16:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  8. 2026-07-21 11:43 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-07-21 11:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-21 07:26 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-21 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-21 03:08 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-07-21 03:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-07-20 22:50 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-20 22:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-20 18:32 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-07-20 18:32 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-20 18:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-20 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-20 14:15 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-07-20 14:15 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-07-20 09:58 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-07-20 09:58 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-07-20 05:42 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-20 05:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-20 01:25 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-20 01:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-19 21:07 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-19 21:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-19 16:50 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-19 16:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-19 12:33 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-07-19 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-07-19 08:11 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-07-19 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-07-19 03:54 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-19 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-18 23:37 UTCVendor advisory
  14. 2026-07-18 23:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-07-18 19:19 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-07-18 19:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-07-18 15:00 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-07-18 15:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-07-18 10:43 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-18 10:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-18 06:26 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-18 06:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-18 02:09 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-07-18 02:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-17 21:52 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-07-17 21:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-17 17:35 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-07-17 17:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-07-17 13:18 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-07-17 13:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-07-17 09:01 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-07-17 09:01 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-07-17 09:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-07-17 04:44 UTCVendor advisory
  35. 2026-07-17 04:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-07-17 00:27 UTCVendor advisory
  37. 2026-07-17 00:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-07-16 20:10 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-07-16 20:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-07-16 17:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  41. 2026-07-16 15:53 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-07-16 15:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-07-16 11:36 UTCVendor advisory
  44. 2026-07-16 11:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-07-16 07:19 UTCVendor advisory
  46. 2026-07-16 07:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-07-16 03:02 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-16 03:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-15 22:45 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-15 22:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-15 18:28 UTCVendor advisory
  52. 2026-07-15 18:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  53. 2026-07-15 16:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  54. 2026-07-15 15:04 UTCCISA KEV update
  55. 2026-07-15 14:11 UTCVendor advisory
  56. 2026-07-15 14:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  57. 2026-07-15 09:52 UTCVendor advisory
  58. 2026-07-15 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  59. 2026-07-15 05:36 UTCVendor advisory
  60. 2026-07-15 05:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  61. 2026-07-15 01:19 UTCVendor advisory
  62. 2026-07-15 01:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  63. 2026-07-14 21:02 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-07-14 21:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-07-14 18:05 UTCCISA KEV update
  66. 2026-07-14 16:46 UTCVendor advisory
  67. 2026-07-14 16:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  68. 2026-07-14 12:29 UTCVendor advisory
  69. 2026-07-14 12:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  70. 2026-07-14 08:12 UTCVendor advisory
  71. 2026-07-14 08:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-07-14 03:54 UTCVendor advisory
  73. 2026-07-14 03:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  74. 2026-07-13 23:37 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-07-13 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichment

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Metasploit module) (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-16297✓ verified
    First seen Dec 15, 2010

    Java - 'Statement.invoke()' Trusted Method Chain (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/java_trusted_chain✓ verified
    First seen Mar 31, 2010

    Java Statement.invoke() Trusted Method Chain Privilege Escalation

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2010-0840?
CVE-2010-0840 is a critical vulnerability published on April 1, 2010. Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, and 1.4.2_25 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from…
When was CVE-2010-0840 disclosed?
CVE-2010-0840 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 1, 2010, with the most recent update on April 21, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2010-0840 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2010-0840 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on May 25, 2022, affecting Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE). KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2010-0840?
CVE-2010-0840 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2010-0840?
CVE-2010-0840 affects Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2010-0840?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2010-0840, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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