CVE-2013-0440
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.2_40 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JSSE. NOTE: the previous information is from the February 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to CPU consumption in the SSL/TLS implementation via a large number of ClientHello packets that are not properly handled by (1) ClientHandshaker.java and (2) ServerHandshaker.java.
- EPSS
- 5.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- oracle:jdk
- oracle:jre
- sun:jdk
- sun:jre
References
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.11/file/icedtea6-1.11.6/NEWS
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/5c1e8b779c65
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00014.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00034.html