CVE-2009-2723

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in deserialization in the Provider class in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 has unknown impact and attack vectors, aka BugId 6444262.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.60% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory sun.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460	third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118667-22-1	patch vendor advisory
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html	patch vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-2723?: CVE-2009-2723 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-2723?: To fix CVE-2009-2723, 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-2009-2723 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2009-2723 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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