Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java (CVE-2013-5842)
Publish date: April 11, 2016
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2013-5842
Advisory Date: APR 11, 2016
DESCRIPTION
This vulnerability affects Oracle Java SE SE 7u40 and earlier, Java SE 6u60 and earlier, Java SE 5.0u51 and earlier, and Java SE Embedded 7u40 and earlier. Once successfully exploited, it allows attackers to affect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Libraries.
Oracle credited Trend Micro for disclosing details about this vulnerability.
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