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title: "CVE-2012-5088\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-5088

Publication date 16 October 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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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 Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component
in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect
confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to
Libraries.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-7 | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~11.10.1 |
| 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |

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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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5088)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5088)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-5088)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5088)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1619-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1619-1)
+ OpenJDK vulnerabilities
+ 26 October 2012

### Other references

* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012-1515924.html>
* <http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2012verbose-1515981.html>
* <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2012-October/020571.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5088>