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Java CPU July 2009, unspecified vulnerability (CVE-2009-1099)

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Java CPU July 2009, unspecified vulnerability (CVE-2009-1099)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/25/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/16/2011
Modified
05/16/2020

Description

Integer signedness error in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, and 6 Update 12 and earlier, allows remote attackers to access files or execute arbitrary code via crafted glyph descriptions in a Type1 font, which bypasses a signed comparison and triggers a buffer overflow.

Solution(s)

  • jre-upgrade-latest

References

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