Is CVE-2007-2788 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-2788 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-2788?

CVE-2007-2788 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2007-2788

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 18.2%EU EUVD

Integer overflow in the embedded ICC profile image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (JVM crash) via a crafted JPEG or BMP file that triggers a buffer overflow.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-189
EPSS score: 18.2% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-2780)
Published: May 22, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-2780 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248(Third Party Advisory)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25474(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25832(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26311(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26369(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26631(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26645(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/26933(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27203(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27266(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28056(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28365(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30805(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-08.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102934-1(Broken Link)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200856-1(Broken Link)
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-December/001862.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001696.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001697.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001708.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-23.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/138545(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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