CVE-2009-2674
Integer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image that is not properly handled during…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Integer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image that is not properly handled during display to a splash screen, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 6.39% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- sun/jdk · sun/jre
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36162Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36176Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36180Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36248Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37300Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1Patch
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263428-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-050/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52339
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8073
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.