Explain CVE-2012-0547
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 6 and earlier, and 6 Update 34 and earlier, has no impact and remote attack vectors involving AWT and "a security-in-depth issue that is not directly exploitable but which can be used to aggravate security vulnerabilities that can be directly exploited." NOTE: this identifier was assigned by the Oracle CNA, but CVE is not intended to cover defense-in-depth issues that are only exposed by the presence of other vulnerabilities.  NOTE: Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is related to "toolkit internals references."
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'HPSBUX02825', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135161897205627&w=2'}, {'name': 'SSRT100970', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03533078'}, {'name': 'GLSA-201406-32', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2012:1222', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1222.html'}, {'name': 'USN-1553-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1553-1'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS12-023/index.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2012:1231', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00032.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2012:1466', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1466.html'}, {'name': '51141', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/51141'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2012:1175', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00019.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2013:1455', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2012-4681-1835715.html'}, {'name': '55339', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55339'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2012:1392', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1392.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2012:1225', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1225.html'}, {'name': '51327', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/51327'}, {'name': 'HPSBUX02824', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'https://h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03533078'}, {'name': '51044', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/51044'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2012:1148', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2012-09/msg00006.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2013:1456', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html'}, {'name': 'SSRT100974', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=135161897205627&w=2'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED