CVE-2007-3655
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 12.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long codebase attribute in a JNLP file.
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-119
- EPSS score
- 12.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-3639)
- Published
- July 10, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-3639 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064552.html
- http://osvdb.org/37756
- http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070705.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25981(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26314(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26369(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27266(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28115(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2874
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102996-1
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30284
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_56_ibmjava.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0818.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0829.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473224/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473356/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24832(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018346
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2477(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224(Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35320
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11367
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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