CVE-2010-4469

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.2_29 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is heap corruption related to the Verifier and "backward jsrs."

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 4.20% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS11-003/index.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054115.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46400	vdb entry
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12833	signature vdb entry
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054134.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13639	signature vdb entry
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2011-304611.html	patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/43350	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0282.html	vendor advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2224	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254957702612&w=2	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/49198	third party advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65399	vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133728004526190&w=2	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0281.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:054	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2010-4469?: CVE-2010-4469 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2010-4469?: To fix CVE-2010-4469, 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-2010-4469 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2010-4469 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.