CVE-2009-3873
The JPEG Image Writer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted image file, related to a "quantization problem," aka Bug Id 6862968.
- EPSS
- 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 90% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-119
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- sun:jdk
- sun:jre
- sun:sdk
References
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
- 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