CVE-2009-3871
Heap-based buffer overflow in the setBytePixels function in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments, aka Bug Id 6872358.
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
- 6.8% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-3842)
- Published
- November 5, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-3842 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / windows
- sun / java se
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References
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00000.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126566824131534&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131593453929393&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37231(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37239
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37581
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37841
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023132
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270474-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3969
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3970
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1694.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-079/(Patch)
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12134
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6698
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8275
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9360
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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