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CVE-2012-4305

Unspecified vulnerability in the JavaFX component in Oracle Java SE JavaFX 2.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than other CVEs listed in the February 2013 CPU. NOTE: the previous information is from the February 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a third party that the issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to an "invalid type cast" and exposed native methods in the T2KGlyph class.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2012-4305 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 1 product from oracle organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2013, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2013-02-02T00:55:01.333

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	oracle	javafx	≤ 2.2.4	Yes
Application	oracle	javafx	2.0	Yes
Application	oracle	javafx	2.0.2	Yes
Application	oracle	javafx	2.0.3	Yes
Application	oracle	javafx	2.1	Yes
Application	oracle	javafx	2.2	Yes
Application	oracle	javafx	2.2.3	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2 ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/network-intelligence-availability/idefense/public-vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1030 ([email protected])
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16392 ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.verisigninc.com/en_US/products-and-services/network-intelligence-availability/idefense/public-vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml?id=1030 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16392 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For oracle's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.