CVE-2007-3698: sun jdk
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2007-3698 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5Timeline
- 11-07-2007PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Updates 7 through 11, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_11 through 1.4.2_14, when using JSSE for SSL/TLS support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain SSL/TLS handshake requests.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.82%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.82% 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
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
1 vendor · 3 products
References
40 links- docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177X Refsource MISC
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10634VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- www.cisco.com/en/US/products/products_security_response09186a008088bd19.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource CISCO
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- h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01269450Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource HP