Is CVE-2009-1671 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-1671 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-1671?

CVE-2009-1671 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 9.3 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-1671

HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 10.3%EU EUVD

Multiple buffer overflows in the Deployment Toolkit ActiveX control in deploytk.dll 6.0.130.3 in Sun Java SE Runtime Environment (aka JRE) 6 Update 13 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long string argument to the (1) setInstallerType, (2) setAdditionalPackages, (3) compareVersion, (4) getStaticCLSID, or (5) launch method.

Key facts

CVSS score: 9.3 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 10.3% (96th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-1666)
Published: May 18, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1666 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

sun / jre

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34931(Exploit)
http://www.shinnai.net/xplits/TXT_mhxRKrtrPLyAHRFNm7QR.html(Exploit, URL Repurposed)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/8665

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

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