CVE-2007-3655

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 2
Modified
Published: 10 Jul 2007, 19:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 14:21

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
50/100
CVSS Score
6.8 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
62.25% CRITICAL
62% probability -2.51%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
3 found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

10 Jul 2007, 19:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 14:21
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long codebase attribute in a JNLP file.

CVSS Metrics

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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 62.25%• 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•jre

    1.5.0:update1 | 1.5.0:update10 | 1.5.0:update11 | 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:update_1

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