Is CVE-2007-5019 being actively exploited?

CVE-2007-5019 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2007-5019?

CVE-2007-5019 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2007-5019

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 10.5%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in the Sun Java Web Start ActiveX control in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6.0_X allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a long argument to the dnsResolve (isInstalled.dnsResolve) method.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 10.5% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2007-5000)
Published: September 20, 2007
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5000 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

sun / java web start
sun / jre
sun / jre
sun / sdk

References

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

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