CVE-2009-3872

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-11-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the JPEG JFIF Decoder 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 gain privileges via a crafted image file, aka Bug Id 6862969.

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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