CVE-2007-0243

Description

Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows applets to gain privileges via a GIF image with a block with a 0 width field, which triggers memory corruption.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 45.10% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457159/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102760-1 patch vendor advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
http://secunia.com/advisories/24468 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0166.html vendor advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/388289 third party advisory us government resource
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24202 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457638/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/25283 third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/32834 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24189 third party advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2158 third party advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017520 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.html vendor advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11073 signature vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/26645 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0167.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/23757 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22085 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/24993 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 third party advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html vendor advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-005.html patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0211 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/27203 third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31537 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0936 vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml vendor advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200702-07.xml vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/242 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-0243?
CVE-2007-0243 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-0243?
To fix CVE-2007-0243, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-0243 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-0243 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~45% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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