CVE-2009-1896
The Java Web Start framework in IcedTea in OpenJDK before 1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 on Fedora 10, and before 1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 on Fedora 11, trusts an entire application when at least one of the listed jar files is trusted, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code without the untrusted-code restrictions via a crafted application, related to NetX.
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-264
- EPSS score
- 3.0% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-1891)
- Published
- August 10, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-1891 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- sun / openjdk
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36162(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512101
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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