CVE-2013-1491

NONECVSS 0.0Elevated
0.0
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No confirmed exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 16%CVSS: —Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 2D, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

CVSS v3
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EG Score
0.0(none)
EPSS
96.6%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 8, 2013

Last Modified

April 29, 2026

References (36)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2013-1491(1)

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

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.14.0-1jpp.1.el5_92013-10-23redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.2-1jpp.1.el6_42013-05-22redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.4.2-1jpp.1.el6_42013-05-14redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.13.2-1jpp.1.el6_42013-05-14redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el62013-04-18redhat
redhatjava-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el62013-04-18redhat

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.

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 4× in last 7d / 31× 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.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

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

  • GitHub PoCguhe120/CVE20131491-JIT
    First seen Oct 3, 2013

    JIT spray version of cve-2013-1491

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2013-1491?
CVE-2013-1491 is a none vulnerability published on March 8, 2013. The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, 5.0 Update 41 and earlier, and JavaFX 2.2.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to 2D, as demonstrated by Joshua Drake during a Pwn2Own…
When was CVE-2013-1491 disclosed?
CVE-2013-1491 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 8, 2013, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2013-1491 actively exploited?
CVE-2013-1491 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.6% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
How do I remediate CVE-2013-1491?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2013-1491, 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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