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CVE-2007-0243
Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE…
Medium6.8EPSS 11.6%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows applets to gain privileges via a GIF image with a block with a 0 width field, which triggers memory corruption.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.6% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (40)
- 20070117 ZDI-07-005: Sun Microsystems Java GIF File Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 102760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 24468 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0166 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- VU#388289 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- HPSBUX02196 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 26049 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1814 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24202 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070121 Sun Microsystems Java GIF File Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability Prove Of Concept Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 25283 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 32834 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 24189 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2007:045 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-12-14 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 2158 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 1017520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0956 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11073 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 26645 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2007:0167 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 26119 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 23757 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22085 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2007-4224 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 24993 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 28115 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0261 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-005.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0211 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 27203 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- jre-gif-bo(31537) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0936 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- GLSA-200702-08 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200702-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- TA07-022A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- BEA07-172.00 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAx_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)
Record last updated .