# CVE-2013-1493: The color management (CMM) functionality in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 15 and earlier, 6 Update 41 and earlier, and 5.0 Upd

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2013-03-04 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

The color management (CMM) functionality in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 15 and earlier, 6 Update 41 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 40 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (crash) via an image with crafted raster parameters, which triggers (1) an out-of-bounds read or (2) memory corruption in the JVM, as exploited in the wild in February 2013.

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## References

- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19246
- https://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/03/new-java-0-day-attack-echoes-bit9-breach/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00012.html
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24904
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/58238
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2013-1493-1915081.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029803
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136570436423916&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0604.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-064A
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00009.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
- https://twitter.com/jduck1337/status/307629902574800897
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-March/022145.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00011.html
- http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/latest-java-zero-day-shares-connections-bit9-security-incident
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00020.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1755-2
- http://www.oracle.com/ocom/groups/public/%40otn/documents/webcontent/1915099.xml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/688246
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917553
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24904
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/browser/java_cmm.rb

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