March 3, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2012-0507 — Oracle Java SE
known ransomware use
Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-03- Federal due date
2022-03-24- Vendor
- Oracle
- Product
- Java SE
- EPSS
- 99.9th percentile (score 0.981, as of
2026-09-16) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 9.8 (CRITICAL)
- Ransomware use
- Known
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0507
CISA short description
An incorrect type vulnerability exists in the Concurrency component of Oracle's Java Runtime Environment allows an attacker to remotely execute arbitrary code.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
NVD description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 33 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Concurrency. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2012 Oracle CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor and third party researchers that this issue occurs because the AtomicReferenceArray class implementation does not ensure that the array is of the Object[] type, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM crash) or bypass Java sandbox restrictions. NOTE: this issue was originally mapped to CVE-2011-3571, but that identifier was already assigned to a different issue.