Unspecified vulnerability in the Deployment component in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2010-4452 is rated High Exploit Risk (89.6/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 84.90%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16990 | exploit_db | edb | 2011-03-16 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-05-26 | 85.08% | 84.90% | -0.18% |
| 2 | 2026-05-22 | 84.90% | 85.08% | +0.18% |
| 3 | 2026-02-23 | — | 84.90% | — |
Full EPSS history (25 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
|
10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
gentoo
|
normal | CVE-2010-4452: 1 GLSA(s) (201111-02), 3 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact normal. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2010-4452 |
redhat
|
high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-4452 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2010-4452 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (openjdk-6, openjdk-6b18, sun-java5, sun-java6), 28 status rows across 7 suites (dapper, hardy, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, upstream): not-affected 9, DNE 8, released 8, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4452 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| sun | jre | <= 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_23:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_17:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_19:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_20:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_22:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jre | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | <= 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_23:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_17:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_19:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_20:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_22:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update1_b06:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| sun | jdk | 1.6.0 | cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* |