CVE-2007-2788: sun jdk Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-2788 is a medium (CVSS 6.8) Numeric Errors vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 18.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Weaponized exploit (exploit-database, 16-05-2007)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Duplicates 1Timeline
- 22-05-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the embedded ICC profile image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (JVM crash) via a crafted JPEG or BMP file that triggers a buffer overflow.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
18.19%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 18.19% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundSun Java JDK 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Sun3 products
- jdk1.5.0 | 1.5.0:update1 | 1.5.0:update10 | 1.5.0:update2 | 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 | 1.6.0
- jre1.3.1 | 1.3.1_2 | 1.3.1_03 | 1.3.1_04 | 1.3.1_05 | 1.3.1_06 | 1.3.1_07 | 1.3.1_08 | 1.3.1_09 | 1.3.1_10 | 1.3.1_11 | 1.3.1_12 | 1.3.1_13 | 1.3.1_14 | 1.3.1_15 | 1.3.1_16 | 1.3.1_17 | 1.3.1_18 | 1.3.1_19 | 1.3.1_20 | 1.4.2 | 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 | 1.4.2_13 | 1.4.2_14 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0:update1 | 1.5.0:update10 | 1.5.0:update2 | 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 | 1.6.0
- sdk1.3.1 | 1.3.1_01 | 1.3.1_01a | 1.3.1_02 | 1.3.1_03 | 1.3.1_04 | 1.3.1_05 | 1.3.1_06 | 1.3.1_07 | 1.3.1_08 | 1.3.1_09 | 1.3.1_10 | 1.3.1_11 | 1.3.1_12 | 1.3.1_13 | 1.3.1_14 | 1.3.1_15 | 1.3.1_16 | 1.3.1_17 | 1.3.1_18 | 1.3.1_19 | 1.3.1_20 | 1.4.2 | 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 | 1.4.2_13 | 1.4.2_14
1 vendor · 3 products
References
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