Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to 2D. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to "checking of [a] glyph table" in the International Components for Unicode (ICU) Layout Engine before 51.2.
CVE-2013-1569
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 94.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
April 17, 2013
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (70)
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://bugs.icu-project.org/trac/ticket/10107
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/6784c9903db7
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Apr/msg00001.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00007.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2
- secalert_us@oraclehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2013-1569(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(13)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | openjdk-6-jre-lib (6b27-1.12.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libicu48 (4.8.1.1-3ubuntu0.5) @ precise | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | openjdk-7-jre (7u21-2.3.9-0ubuntu0.12.10.1) @ quantal | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| ubuntu | libicu52 (52.1-6ubuntu0.2) @ utopic | 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-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.16.2-1jpp.1.el6_4 | 2013-05-22 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.13.2-1jpp.1.el6_4 | 2013-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.7.0-ibm-1:1.7.0.4.2-1jpp.1.el6_4 | 2013-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.61.1.11.11.el6_4 | 2013-04-24 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.21-1jpp.1.el6 | 2013-04-18 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.45-1jpp.1.el6 | 2013-04-18 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el6_4 | 2013-04-17 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.19-2.3.9.1.el5_9 | 2013-04-17 | 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
(13)
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-2013:0751CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0751 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0752CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0752 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0757CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0757 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0758CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0758 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0770CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0770 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0822CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0822 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0823CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0823 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:0855CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:0855 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2013:1456CRITICAL2013-04-16
RHSA-2013:1456 — Critical
- UbuntuUSN-1806-1MEDIUM
OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-1819-1MEDIUM
OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-2522-1MEDIUM
ICU vulnerabilities
- UbuntuUSN-2522-3MEDIUM
ICU vulnerabilities
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