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Sun Java JRE GIF Image Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA23757
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Release Date:
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2007-01-17
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Last Update:
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2007-01-18
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Popularity:
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46,162 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
Sun Java JRE 1.3.x
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
Sun Java SDK 1.3.x
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing GIF images and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted GIF image with an image width of 0.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability is reported in the following versions:
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and prior.
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and prior.
* SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and prior.
Change Page:
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