CVE-2013-5904

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 7u45 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment.

Published: 2014-01-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5904 is rated Moderate Risk (63/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.92%, 91th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +3.97% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5904

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 0.96% 4.92% +3.97%
2 2025-07-02 1.11% 0.96% -0.15%
3 2025-06-03 1.11%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5904

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5904

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-5904

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2013-5904: 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-2013-5904
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-5904
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-5904 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openjdk-7), 6 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): not-affected 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-5904

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-5904

Comment: Per: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2014-1972949.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-2013-5904

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update45:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_aus 6.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_aus:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.5.z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.5.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation_supplementary:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp jdk <= 7.0.08 cpe:2.3:a:hp:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp jre <= 7.0.08 cpe:2.3:a:hp:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5904

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