The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 8.1
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Java | — | Upgrade to Apple Java version 1.4.2.16Upgrade to Apple Java version 1.5.0.13 | Jan 26, 2012 | May 21, 2007 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java.Upgrade dev-java/sun-jdk.Upgrade dev-java/sun-jre-bin.Upgrade dev-java/jrockit-jdk-bin. | Oct 30, 2017 | May 21, 2007 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade java-1_4_2-ibmUpgrade java-1_4_2-ibm-pluginUpgrade java-1_4_2-ibm-jdbc | Feb 17, 2015 | Jun 28, 2013 |
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