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CVE-2009-3871

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2009-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the setBytePixels function in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments, aka Bug Id 6872358.

Affected products

• Sun Jdk: 1.5.0-update_1, 1.5.0-update_10, 1.5.0-update_11, 1.5.0-update_12, 1.5.0-update_13, 1.5.0-update_14 (+31)
• Sun Jre: 1.5.0-update_1, 1.5.0-update_11, 1.5.0-update_12, 1.5.0-update_13, 1.5.0-update_14, 1.5.0-update_15 (+96)
• Sun Sdk: 1.4.2_01, 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_02, 1.4.2_03, 1.4.2_3 (+59)

References

• http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00000.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126566824131534&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131593453929393&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37231
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37239
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37581
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37841

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