Is CVE-2012-5076 in the CISA KEV catalog?

Yes. CVE-2012-5076 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list, added 2022-03-28.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2012-5076?

CVE-2012-5076 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2012-5076?

CVE-2012-5076 has an EPSS score of 91.01% (100th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2012-5076?

No published fix for CVE-2012-5076 has been found yet. It is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list; federal agencies must remediate by 2022-04-18. Apply the vendor's mitigations per CISA's guidance.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-5076

CRITICALCISA KEVEPSS 100th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

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, related to JAX-WS.

CWE-284Improper Access Control

How to fix

Actively exploited, no published fix found yet

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Federal remediation due: 2022-04-18

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

91.01%probability of exploitation in 30 days

100thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 100% of all known CVEs.

Known Exploited Vulnerability (CISA KEV)

Oracle Java SE Sandbox Bypass Vulnerability

The default Java security properties configuration did not restrict access to the com.sun.org.glassfish.external and com.sun.org.glassfish.gmbal packages. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Remediation due: 2022-04-18

References

Patch1

oracle.com

Third-Party Advisory5

Government Resource1

cisa.gov

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

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CVE-2023-27350	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2019-1653	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-23752	Medium	5.3	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-38205	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2023-29298	High	7.5	100%	KEV	-
CVE-2024-27348	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-21.