CVE-2013-5854

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u40 and earlier and JavaFX 2.2.40 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors.

Published: 2013-10-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5854 is rated Moderate Risk (40.3/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.21%). Core evidence: EPSS rose +1.83% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5854

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 2026-06-15 0.38% 2.21% +1.83%
2 2025-03-30 0.97% 0.38% -0.58%
3 2025-03-29 0.97%

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5854

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.6 2.0 LOW
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
4.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5854

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-5854

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-5854: 1 GLSA(s) (201401-30), 5 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin, dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-5854
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5854
suse medium https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5854/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-5854 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (openjdk-6, openjdk-7), 12 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 11, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5854

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-5854

Comment: Per http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2013-1899837.html 'Applies to client deployment of Java only. This vulnerability can be exploited only through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets.'

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5854

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle javafx <= 2.2.40 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle javafx 2.2.21 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:javafx:2.2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk <= 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:*:update40:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre <= 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:*:update40:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update25:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update4:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update5:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5854

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