icedtea-web: insecure temporary file use flaw in LiveConnect implementation
Published Mar 3, 2014
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.48%
Description
The LiveConnect implementation in plugin/icedteanp/IcedTeaNPPlugin.cc in IcedTea-Web before 1.4.2 allows local users to read the messages between a Java applet and a web browser by pre-creating a temporary socket file with a predictable name in /tmp.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 1.3.2
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
icedtea-web-0:1.5.1-1.el6
Fixed · RHBA-2014:1417
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
icedtea-web
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | icedtea-web-0:1.5.1-1.el6 | Fixed | RHBA-2014:1417 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | icedtea-web | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00478) | 38.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.48% (0.00478) | 37.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00059) | 15.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 41.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 39.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 37.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.03% (0.01034) | 20.32th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (10)
- http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214a x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00089.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/282 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57036 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2131-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6493 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6493
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6493
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/icedtea-web/rev/228e3652214a | x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch | |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00089.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE | |
| http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-February/026192.html | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/282 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/57036 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2131-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6493 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1010958 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6493 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-6493 |
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