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TI-2012-03762 Aliases CVE-2012-4420GHSA-qmhj-qfmf-95g9

Information disclosure in java-1.7.0-openjdk

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-200Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-200.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04512 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
java-1.7.0-openjdkjava-1.7.0-openjdk1.7.0_04 to 1.7.0_10—No fix listedCNA
  • java-1.7.0-openjdk Vendorjava-1.7.0-openjdk Affected 1.7.0_04 to 1.7.0_10 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*7.0VulnerableOracle
  • cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·Oracle

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4420
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qmhj-qfmf-95g9

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 4

  • TI-2016-02888 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u113, 7u99, and 8u77; Java SE Embedded 8u77… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2015-02278 Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u95, 7u80, and 8u45, and Java SE Embedded… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2013-00349 Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Java 7 before Update 11 allow remote attackers to… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-03989 Multiple vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-01511 Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2011-03122 Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
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Sources

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