CVE-2007-0243

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 17 Jan 2007, 22:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 12:12

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
46/100
CVSS Score
6.8 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
42.82% HIGH
43% probability +5.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
1 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

17 Jan 2007, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 12:12
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows applets to gain privileges via a GIF image with a block with a 0 width field, which triggers memory corruption.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 42.82%• Percentile: 98%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • sun•jdk

    ≤ 1.5.0 | 1.5.0:update3 | 1.5.0:update4 | 1.5.0:update5 | 1.5.0:update7 | 1.5.0:update8

  • sun•jre

    ≤ 1.3.1 | 1.3.1:update16 | 1.4.2_1 | 1.4.2_2 | 1.4.2_3 | 1.4.2_4 | 1.4.2_5 | 1.4.2_6 | 1.4.2_7 | 1.4.2_8 | 1.4.2_9 | 1.4.2_10 | 1.4.2_11 | 1.4.2_12 | 1.5.0:update3 | 1.5.0:update4 | 1.5.0:update5 | 1.5.0:update6 | 1.5.0:update7 | 1.5.0:update8 | 1.5.0:update9

  • sun•sdk

    1.3.1_01 | 1.3.1_01a | 1.3.1_16 | 1.3.1_18 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_03 | 1.4.2_08 | 1.4.2_09 | 1.4.2_10 | 1.4.2_12

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