CVE-2012-0507

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 2022-03-03), 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
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 98%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · kev ransomware · Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified) · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 33 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Concurrency. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2012 Oracle CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor and third party researchers that this issue occurs because the AtomicReferenceArray class implementation does not ensure that the array is of the Object[] type, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM crash) or bypass Java sandbox restrictions. NOTE: this issue was originally mapped to CVE-2011-3571, but that identifier was already assigned to a different issue.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8(high)
EG Risk
99(Act)
EG Risk 99/100SSVC: Act

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Fix now — active exploitation, automatable, high impact.
EPSS PROB
98%
EPSS %ILE
100%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

June 7, 2012

Last Modified

August 14, 2026

Advisory Details (11)

Auto-updated Aug 21, 2026
⚠️ Active exploitation confirmed. No patch confirmed yet.
generic
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0508.html
generic

'[security bulletin] HPSBMU02797 SSRT100867 rev.1 - HP Network Node Manager i (NNMi) v9.1x Running JD' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2
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] HPSBUX02784 SSRT100871 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Java, Remote Unauthorized Access, D' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133847939902305&w=2
generic

'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02760 SSRT100805 rev.1 - HP-UX Running Java, Remote Unauthorized Access, D' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133365109612558&w=2
generic

'[security bulletin] HPSBUX02757 SSRT100779 rev.2 - HP-UX Running Java, Remote Unauthorized Access, D' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133364885411663&w=2
generic🔴 Active Exploitation

New Java Attack Rolled into Exploit Packs – Krebs on Security

http://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/new-java-attack-rolled-into-exploit-packs/
generic

Archived MSDN and TechNet Blogs | Microsoft Learn

http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2012/03/20/an-interesting-case-of-jre-sandbox-breach-cve-2012-0507.aspx
generic
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
generic

About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/48589
generic

About Secunia Research | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/48692

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2012-0507(2)

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

Patch Availability(8)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-6-jre-zero (6b18-1.8.13-0ubuntu1~11.04.1) @ natty2026-08-21ubuntu
ubuntuopenjdk-6-jre-lib (6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10.2) @ oneiric2026-08-21ubuntu
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el5_92013-10-23redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.10.1-1jpp.5.el6_22012-04-24redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.13.1-1jpp.2.el6_22012-04-23redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.25.1.10.6.el5_82012-02-21redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.31-1jpp.1.el6_22012-02-16redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.43.1.10.6.el6_22012-02-14redhat

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.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:6.0(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
openjdk-66b18-1.8.10-0+squeeze1 ... 6b18-1.8.9-0.1~squeeze1 (17 versions)6b18-1.8.13-0+squeeze1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

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 98× in last 7d / 374× 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 1,114 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-08-21 16:49 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-08-21 14:53 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-08-21 14:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-08-21 11:07 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-08-21 11:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-21 07:17 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-08-21 07:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  9. 2026-08-21 03:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-20 23:43 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-08-20 23:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-20 19:57 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-08-20 19:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-20 17:06 UTCCISA KEV update
  15. 2026-08-20 16:11 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-08-20 16:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-20 12:24 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-08-20 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  23. 2026-08-20 01:06 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-08-20 01:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-19 21:20 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-08-19 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-08-19 17:33 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-19 17:33 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-08-19 17:33 UTCCISA KEV update
  5. 2026-08-19 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-08-19 16:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-08-19 13:45 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-08-19 13:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 09:59 UTCVendor advisory
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  11. 2026-08-19 06:11 UTCVendor advisory
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  18. 2026-08-18 18:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-18 16:58 UTCCISA KEV update
  20. 2026-08-18 15:02 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-08-18 15:02 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-18 15:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-18 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-18 11:14 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-18 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-18 07:25 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-08-18 07:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-18 03:39 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-08-18 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-17 23:53 UTCVendor advisory
  31. 2026-08-17 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-17 20:07 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-08-17 20:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-17 16:19 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-08-17 16:19 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-08-17 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-17 13:56 UTCCISA KEV update
  38. 2026-08-17 12:33 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-08-17 12:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-08-17 08:46 UTCVendor advisory
  41. 2026-08-17 08:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-08-17 05:00 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-08-17 05:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  44. 2026-08-17 01:14 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-08-17 01:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-08-16 21:28 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-08-16 21:28 UTCGHSA enrichment
  48. 2026-08-16 17:42 UTCVendor advisory
  49. 2026-08-16 17:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  50. 2026-08-16 13:56 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-08-16 13:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  52. 2026-08-16 10:09 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-08-16 10:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-08-16 06:23 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-08-16 06:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  56. 2026-08-16 02:37 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-08-16 02:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-08-15 22:51 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-08-15 22:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-08-15 19:05 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-08-15 19:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-08-15 15:19 UTCVendor advisory
  63. 2026-08-15 15:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  64. 2026-08-15 11:33 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-08-15 11:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-08-15 07:47 UTCVendor advisory
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  71. 2026-08-15 00:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  72. 2026-08-14 20:28 UTCVendor advisory
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  74. 2026-08-14 16:42 UTCVendor advisory
  75. 2026-08-14 16:42 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-18679✓ verified
    First seen Mar 30, 2012

    Java - AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation (Metasploit)

    Open source ↗
  • Metasploitexploit/multi/browser/java_atomicreferencearray✓ verified
    First seen Feb 14, 2012

    Java AtomicReferenceArray Type Violation Vulnerability

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2012-0507?
CVE-2012-0507 is a critical vulnerability published on June 7, 2012. Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 33 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Concurrency. NOTE:…
When was CVE-2012-0507 disclosed?
CVE-2012-0507 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 7, 2012, with the most recent update on August 14, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2012-0507 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2012-0507 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 3, 2022, affecting Oracle Java SE. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2012-0507?
CVE-2012-0507 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
Which products are affected by CVE-2012-0507?
CVE-2012-0507 affects Oracle Java SE. 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-2012-0507?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2012-0507, 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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