CVE-2009-2724

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-08-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-362

Description

Race condition in the java.lang package in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 has unknown impact and attack vectors, related to a "3Y Race condition in reflection checks."

Affected products

Sun Java Se: through 5.0

References

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118667-22-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

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