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High severity · published Dec 26, 2019
CVE-2012-4420
An information disclosure flaw was found in the way the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) implementation of Java SE 7 as provided by OpenJDK 7 incorrectly initialized integer arrays…
7.5
CVSS
4.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An information disclosure flaw was found in the way the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) implementation of Java SE 7 as provided by OpenJDK 7 incorrectly initialized integer arrays after memory allocation (in certain circumstances they had nonzero elements right after the allocation). A remote attacker could use this flaw to obtain potentially sensitive information.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.5% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JD
Jdk · Oracle
7.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
JD
Jdk
Oracle
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4420
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4420
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/09/13/3
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55538
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-4420
Exploit
https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=7196857
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-4420
Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78693
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