CVE-2009-3864
The Java Update functionality in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22 and JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, when a non-English version of Windows is used, does not retrieve available new JRE versions, which…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 22.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Java Update functionality in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22 and JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, when a non-English version of Windows is used, does not retrieve available new JRE versions, which allows remote attackers to leverage vulnerabilities in older releases of this software, aka Bug Id 6869694.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 22.48% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows · sun/jdk · sun/jre
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 22.5% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37231Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37239
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269868-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6753
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37231Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37239
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269868-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881Patch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6753
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.