CVE-2006-2426
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.7%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 12.69% probability · 96th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/jdk · sun/jre · sun/sdk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20132Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34489
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34496
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34632
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34675
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/909
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769
- http://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.htmlExploit
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/25561
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434001/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17981
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-748-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1824
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26493
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10609
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20132Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34489
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34495
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34496
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.