CVE-2009-3868 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in JDK

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer6 documents5 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
13.1%
top 5.86%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
SUN JDKSUN JRESUN SDK
Timeline
PublishedNov 5
Latest updateMay 2

Description

Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 does not properly parse color profiles, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted image file, aka Bug Id 6862970.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDsun/jdk1.5.0, 1.6.0+1
▶NVDsun/jre68 versions+67
▶NVDsun/sdk65 versions+64

Patches

Patch: sunsolve.sun.com ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗Patch: sunsolve.sun.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4vcf-rm59-vhrv: Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5↗2022-05-02
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CVEList
CVE-2009-3868: Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5↗2009-11-05
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
java-1.6.0-sun: Privilege escalation via crafted image file due improper color profiles parsing (6862970)↗2009-11-03
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2009-3868 java-1.5.0-sun, java-1.6.0-sun: Privilege escalation via crafted image file due improper color profiles parsing (6862970)↗2009-11-05
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Bugzilla
CVE-2009-3868 JRE Image Color Profile parsing issue (6862970)↗2009-11-04
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CVE-2009-3868 — SUN JDK vulnerability | cvebase