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…

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.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

13.0% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (25)

• MDVSA-2009:137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 34632 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
• http://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 34675 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20060514 JDK 1.4.2_11, 1.5.0_06, unsigned applets consuming all free harddisk space (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• 34489 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0394 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 25561 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• 34495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0377 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• MDVSA-2009:162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• ADV-2006-1824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0392 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 34496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• sun-java-fontcreatefont-dos(26493) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• USN-748-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• DSA-1769 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• 17981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 20457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 17:51 UTC.