Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 6 and earlier, and 6 Update 34 and earlier, has no impact and remote attack vectors involving AWT and "a security-in-depth issue that is not directly exploitable but which can be used to aggravate security vulnerabilities that can be directly exploited." NOTE: this identifier was assigned by the Oracle CNA, but CVE is not intended to cover defense-in-depth issues that are only exposed by the presence of other vulnerabilities. NOTE: Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is related to "toolkit internals references."
CVE-2012-0547
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 95.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 30, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (38)
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00019.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00032.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135161897205627&w=2
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1222.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1225.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1392.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1466.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://secunia.com/advisories/51044
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://secunia.com/advisories/51141
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://secunia.com/advisories/51327
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS12-023/index.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2012-0547(1)
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 / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | openjdk-6-jre-lib (6b24-1.11.4-1ubuntu0.12.04.1) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el5_9 | 2013-10-23 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.12.0-1jpp.1.el6_3 | 2012-11-15 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.37-1jpp.1.el6_3 | 2012-10-18 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.2.0-1jpp.3.el6_3 | 2012-09-18 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.7-1jpp.5.el6_3 | 2012-09-04 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.49.1.11.4.el6_3 | 2012-09-03 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.5-2.2.1.el6_3.3 | 2012-09-03 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.28.1.10.9.el5_8 | 2012-09-03 | redhat |
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
(9)
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1221LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2012:1221 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1222LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2012:1222 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1223LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2012:1223 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1225LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2012:1225 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1289LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2012:1289 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1392LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2012:1392 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1466LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2012:1466 — Low
- Red HatRHSA-2013:1456LOW2012-08-30
RHSA-2013:1456 — Low
- UbuntuUSN-1553-1LOW
OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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- 2026-05-29 03:06 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-05-29 03:06 UTCVendor advisory
- 2026-05-29 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-20865✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 27, 2012
Java 7 Applet - Remote Code Execution (Metasploit)
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