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CVE-2006-2426

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 remo

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.29364
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 3% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

3
sun jdkall versions
sun jreall versions
sun sdkall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

2
dosSun Java Applet - Font.createFont Remote Denial of Serviceverified
pocwww.illegalaccess.org · FullDiskApplet.htmlwww.illegalaccess.org
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Scoring & Timeline

6.4
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD17 May 2006 · 10:06 AM
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Vendor Advisories

5
rhsaRHSA-2009:1662Important
rhsaRHSA-2009:0377Low
usnUSN-748-1
rhsaRHSA-2009:0392Important
rhsaRHSA-2009:0394Important
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References & Sources

24
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/20132Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
http://secunia.com/advisories/34489
http://secunia.com/advisories/34495
http://secunia.com/advisories/34496
http://secunia.com/advisories/34632
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