CVE-2007-3655

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long codebase attribute in a JNLP file.

Affected products

Sun Jre: 1.5.0-update1, 1.5.0-update10, 1.5.0-update11, 1.5.0-update2, 1.5.0-update3, 1.5.0-update4 (+6)

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064552.html
http://osvdb.org/37756
http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070705.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/25981
http://secunia.com/advisories/26314
http://secunia.com/advisories/26369
http://secunia.com/advisories/27266
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780

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