CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1097

9.3 HIGH Published 2009-03-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-03-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 12 and earlier allow remote attackers to access files or execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted PNG image that triggers an integer overflow during memory allocation for display on the splash screen, aka CR 6804996; and (2) a crafted GIF image from which unspecified values are used in calculation of offsets, leading to object-pointer corruption, aka CR 6804997.

Affected configurations

• sun jdk (<= 1.6.0) • sun jdk 1.6.0 • sun jre (<= 1.6.0) • sun jre 1.6.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-823 Use of Out-of-range Pointer Offset weakness

References