CVE-2007-5240
Visual truncation vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier allows remote attackers to circumvent display of the untrusted-code warning banner by creating a window larger than the workstation screen.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 3.0% (87th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5220)
- Published
- October 6, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5220 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/272
- http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=q5exhSqeBjA~
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27261
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27693
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27804
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28777
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28880
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29042
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29214
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29340
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31580
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31586
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103071-1(Patch)
- http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5033642.html
- http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
- 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_55_java.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25918
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018769
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36942
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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