CVE-2009-2674
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 6.4%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image that is not properly handled during display to a splash screen, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 6.4% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2667)
- Published
- August 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2667 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jdk
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
- sun / jre
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2
- 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/36248(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37300(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1(Patch)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263428-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-050/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52339
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10073
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8073
- 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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