CVE-2009-2475
Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving static variables that are declared without the final keyword, related to (1) LayoutQueue, (2) Cursor.predefined, (3) AccessibleResourceBundle.getContents, (4) ImageReaderSpi.STANDARD_INPUT_TYPE, (5) ImageWriterSpi.STANDARD_OUTPUT_TYPE, (6) the imageio plugins, (7) DnsContext.debug, (8) RmfFileReader/StandardMidiFileWriter.types, (9) AbstractSaslImpl.logger, (10) Synth.Region.uiToRegionMap/lowerCaseNameMap, (11) the Introspector class and a cache of BeanInfo, and (12) JAX-WS, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2673.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (84th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2470)
- 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-2009-2470 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / java se
- sun / java se
- sun / openjdk
References
- http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36162(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36176(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36180(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36199(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118667-22-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-16-1(Patch)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513215
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10221
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html
- 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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