CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1099

7.5 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])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-189

Description

Integer signedness error in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, and 6 Update 12 and earlier, allows remote attackers to access files or execute arbitrary code via crafted glyph descriptions in a Type1 font, which bypasses a signed comparison and triggers a buffer overflow.

Affected configurations

• sun java runtime environment 5.0 • sun java runtime environment 6.0 • sun java se development kit

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-839 Numeric Range Comparison Without Minimum Check weakness

References