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CVE-2007-2789

The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java R

The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.3 EPSS 0.05079
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Affected Products & Versions

3
sun jdkall versions
sun jreall versions
sun sdkall versions

Scoring & Timeline

4.3
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:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD22 May 2007 · 12:30 AM

Vendor Advisories

8
rhsaRHSA-2008:0261Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0524Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0100Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2007:0829Critical
rhsaRHSA-2007:1086Critical
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References & Sources

53
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295PatchThird Party Advisory
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