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title: "CVE-2013-1927\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-1927

Publication date 17 April 2013

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

The IcedTea-Web plugin before 1.2.3 and 1.3.x before 1.3.2 allows remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file that validates as
both a GIF and a Java JAR file, aka "GIFAR."

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| icedtea-web | 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.10.1 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1.2.3-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 1.2.3-0ubuntu0.11.10.1 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1.2.3-0ubuntu0.10.04.1 |
| 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1927?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| icedtea-web | * Upstream:   <http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea-web-1.3/rev/19f5282f53e8> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1927)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1927)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-1927)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1927)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1804-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1804-1)
+ IcedTea-Web vulnerabilities
+ 18 April 2013

### Other references

* <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022790.html>
* <http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022799.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1927>
