CVE-2007-0243 EXPLOIT
6.8
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.3% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows applets to gain privileges via a GIF image with a block with a 0 width field, which triggers memory corruption.
Scoring
| CVSS | 6.8 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 11.34% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-01-17 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| sun | jdk |
| sun | jre |
| sun | sdk |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Sun Microsystems Java - '.GIF' File Parsing Memory Corruption | 2007-01-21 |
References
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/242
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/32834
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23757
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24189
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24202
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24468
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24993
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25283
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26049
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26119
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26645
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27203
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28115
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2158
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017520
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102760-1
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