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CVE-2007-5240

Visual truncation vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5

Visual truncation vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier allows remote attackers to circumvent display of the untrusted-code warning banner by creating a window larger than the workstation screen.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.02767
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Affected Products & Versions

3
sun jdkall versions
sun jreall versions
sun sdkall versions

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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:N
Published to NVD06 Oct 2007 · 12:17 AM

Vendor Advisories

5
rhsaRHSA-2008:0132Critical
rhsaRHSA-2008:0156Important
rhsaRHSA-2007:0963Important
rhsaRHSA-2007:1041Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2008:0100Moderate
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References & Sources

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