Integer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK…

Description

Integer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

10.0% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-189 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-189 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (37)

• 244987 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• SSRT090049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 50517 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 34259 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2009-0672 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 20081204 Sun Java JRE TrueType Font Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
• 34447 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:1018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 33015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 34233 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200911-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2009:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SSRT080111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 38539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 34972 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0466 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:006 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 35065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:1025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• RHSA-2009:0016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• TA08-340A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6505 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid= (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• jre-font-privilege-escalation(47050) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 34605 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 33187 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 32991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-485.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 32608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 37386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 33710 (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, 10:49 UTC.