--- title: "CVE-2012-1541\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1541?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2012-1541 Publication date 1 February 2013 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11 and 6 through Update 38 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment, 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 is due to an interaction error in between the JRE plug-in for WebKit-based browsers and the Javascript engine, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by modifying DOM nodes that contain applet elements in a way that triggers an incorrect reference count and a use after free. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | openjdk-6 | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.10.2 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.12.04.2 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.11.10.2 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6b27-1.12.1-2ubuntu0.10.04.2 | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~08.04.1 | | openjdk-6b18 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 11.10 oneiric | Ignored end of life | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | openjdk-7 | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1 | | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 | | 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.11.10.2 | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | sun-java5 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | | sun-java6 | 12.10 quantal | Not in release | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release | | 11.10 oneiric | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-1541) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1541) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-1541) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-1541) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-1724-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1724-1) + OpenJDK vulnerabilities + 14 February 2013 ### Other references * * * * *