6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2007-0243
"Sun JDK and JRE GIF Block Width Buffer Overflow Vulnerability"
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 17, 2007, 10:28 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2018, 4:26 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2007-0243 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Sun jre
2 Sun sdk
3 Sun jdk
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2007-0243.

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

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update12:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update10:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update2:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update11:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update1:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update7:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update6:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update5:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update4:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update3:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update9:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:update8:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2_8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 16, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/457638/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/457159/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457638/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457159/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 11, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11073 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11073 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31537 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31537 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2007

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

38.76 }} -3.60%

score

0.97244

percentile

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