CVE-2006-6731
Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allow attackers to develop Java applets that read, write, or execute local files, possibly related to (1) integer overflows in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_convolveBI, awt_parseRaster, and awt_parseColorModel functions; (2) a stack overflow in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_lookupByteRaster function; and (3) improper handling of certain negative values in the Java_sun_font_SunLayoutEngine_nativeLayout function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.8% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6714)
- Published
- December 26, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6714 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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References
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/243(Third Party Advisory)
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177(Third Party Advisory)
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579(Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23445(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23650(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23835(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24099(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24189(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24468(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25283(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25404(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28115(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1(Broken Link)
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675(Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5073(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0936(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814(Permissions Required)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224(Permissions Required)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10134(Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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