CVE-2011-3544

Exploited in the wild. In CISA KEV since 2022‑03‑03. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 3.19.8Critical EPSS percentile99th97% chance in 30 days CISA KEVListedsince 2022-03-03, due 2022-03-24
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2011-10-19Updated 2026-04-22Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

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What it is

From the CVE record

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7 and 6 Update 27 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Scripting.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS99th

CISA KEV

Listed as exploited in the wild since 2022-03-03.

US federal agencies must remediate by 2022-03-24.

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

97% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 99th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

6 events over 5363 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-06-25OpenVAS check added
2026-04-22Patch availablerecord updated
2022-03-03Added to CISA KEV
2011-10-19Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

Novell Inc.commercial · USaka suse
Oracle Corp.commercial · USaka oracle
- Java Development KitLibraryLibraryOSS Libraries
- Java Runtime EnvironmentLibraryLibraryOSS Libraries / generic-library
- jdkDev ToolOSS Libraries / generic-library
Canonical Ltd.commercial · GBaka canonical
- UbuntuOSOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro
redhatcommercial · USaka red hat
- satellite with embedded oracleOn-premOperating Systems / linux-distro

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Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

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

Scored 9.8 by NVD.

How it is reached

Attack Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network without any special conditions
Attack Complexity LowNo special conditions — the attack can be reliably reproduced
Privileges Required NoneNo authentication required — anyone can exploit this
User Interaction NoneNo user interaction needed — fully automated exploitation

Scope

Scope UnchangedImpact is limited to the vulnerable component itself

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality HighTotal information disclosure — all data in the component is compromised
Integrity HighTotal loss of integrity — attacker can modify any data in the component
Availability HighTotal denial of service — the component is completely unavailable

Weaknesses

Sources

References in the record

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