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title: "CVE-2012-0508\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-0508

Publication date 15 February 2012

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the JavaFX component in Oracle Java SE JavaFX,
1.3.0 and earlier, and 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect
confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-0508?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icedtea-web | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| openjdk-6 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| openjdk-6b18 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| openjdk-7 | 11.10 oneiric | Not affected |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

in natty+, NetX and the plugin moved to the icedtea-web package

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

JavaFX not part of openjdk

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0508)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0508)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-0508)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-0508)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0508>