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CVE-2007-2788

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2007-05-22 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the embedded ICC profile 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_20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (JVM crash) via a crafted JPEG or BMP file that triggers a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Sun Jdk: 1.5.0, 1.5.0-update1, 1.5.0-update10, 1.5.0-update2, 1.5.0-update3, 1.5.0-update4 (+6)
• Sun Jre: 1.3.1, 1.3.1_2, 1.3.1_03, 1.3.1_04, 1.3.1_05, 1.3.1_06 (+41)
• Sun Sdk: 1.3.1, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a, 1.3.1_02, 1.3.1_03, 1.3.1_04 (+31)

References

• http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
• http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html
• http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25295
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25474
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25832
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26049
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26119
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26311
• http://secunia.com/advisories/26369

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