Overview
A vulnerability in the Sun Java Runtime Environment may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system.
Description
The Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allows users to run Java applications in a browser or as standalone programs. Sun has made the JRE available for multiple operating systems. When a GIF image with a specified width of 0 is processed, the Sun JRE will overwrite memory contents, which can cause pointer corruption. Note that exploit code for this vulnerability is publicly available. |
Impact
A remote unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. |
Solution
Apply an update
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Disable Java |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102760-1
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23757/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22085
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2007/Jan/1017520.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24189/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24202/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24468/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25283/
Acknowledgements
Thanks to ZDI for reporting this vulnerability, who in turn credit an anonymous researcher.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2007-0243 |
| Severity Metric: | 31.47 |
| Date Public: | 2007-01-16 |
| Date First Published: | 2007-01-17 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2007-05-16 18:57 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 24 |