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CVE-2009-1097

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-03-25 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 12 and earlier allow remote attackers to access files or execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted PNG image that triggers an integer overflow during memory allocation for display on the splash screen, aka CR 6804996; and (2) a crafted GIF image from which unspecified values are used in calculation of offsets, leading to object-pointer corruption, aka CR 6804997.

Affected products

• Sun Jdk: through 1.6.0; 1.6.0, 1.6.0-update_10, 1.6.0-update_11, 1.6.0-update_3, 1.6.0-update_4, 1.6.0-update_5 (+5)
• Sun Jre: through 1.6.0; 1.6.0, 1.6.0-update_1, 1.6.0-update_10, 1.6.0-update_11, 1.6.0-update_2, 1.6.0-update_3 (+4)

References

• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01745133
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=779
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=780
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00001.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=124344236532162&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34489
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34496
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34632
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34675
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35156

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