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Vulnerability Report: Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
This vulnerability report for Sun Java JRE 1.4.x contains a complete overview of all Secunia advisories affecting it. You can use this vulnerability report to ensure that you are aware of all vulnerabilities, both patched and unpatched, affecting this product allowing you to take the necessary precautions.

If you have information about a new or an existing vulnerability in Sun Java JRE 1.4.x then you are more than welcome to contact us.


Table of Contents

1. Product Summary Only

2. Secunia Advisory Statistics (All time)
2.1. Statistics for 2009
2.2. Statistics for 2008
2.3. Statistics for 2007
2.4. Statistics for 2006
2.5. Statistics for 2005
2.6. Statistics for 2004
2.7. Statistics for 2003

3. List of Secunia Advisories (All time)
3.1. List for 2009
3.2. List for 2008
3.3. List for 2007
3.4. List for 2006
3.5. List for 2005
3.6. List for 2004
3.7. List for 2003

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Vendor, Links, and Unpatched Vulnerabilities

Vendor Sun Microsystems

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Affected By 42 Secunia advisories
132 Vulnerabilities

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Unpatched 17% (7 of 42 Secunia advisories)

Most Critical Unpatched
The most severe unpatched Secunia advisory affecting Sun Java JRE 1.4.x, with all vendor patches applied, is rated Less critical .




42 Secunia Advisories in 2003-2009
Secunia has issued a total of 42 Secunia advisories in 2003-2009 for Sun Java JRE 1.4.x. Currently, 17% (7 out of 42) are marked as unpatched with the most severe being rated Less critical

More information about the specific Secunia advisories affecting Sun Java JRE 1.4.x can be found below. Each Secunia advisory is enclosed by a box highlighted with a color representing its current patch status. You can read the complete Secunia advisories for thorough descriptions of the issues covered and for solution suggestions by clicking either the Secunia advisory title or the "Read More" links available for each Secunia advisory.



Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 3 in 2009. 18,476 views.
Release Date:
2009-11-04
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA37231
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some weaknesses and vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 3 in 2009. 8,297 views.
Release Date:
2009-08-05
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA36159
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Unknown
Security Bypass
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java, where some have unknown impacts and others can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information, bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 3 in 2009. 78,359 views.
Release Date:
2009-03-26
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA34451
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or potentially compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 3 in 2008. 49,613 views.
Release Date:
2008-12-04
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA32991
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, disclose sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of service), or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 3 in 2008. 58,231 views.
Release Date:
2008-07-09
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA31010
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, disclose system information or potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 3 in 2008. 27,306 views.
Release Date:
2008-03-05
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA29239
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service), to bypass certain security restrictions, or to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun JRE Applet Handling Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 8 in 2007. 13,676 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27320
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun JRE, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 8 in 2007. 42,255 views.
Release Date:
2007-10-04
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA27009
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Exposure of system information
Exposure of sensitive information
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, manipulate data, disclose sensitive/system information, or potentially compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun JRE Font Parsing Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 8 in 2007. 14,428 views.
Release Date:
2007-08-16
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26402
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun JRE, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Java JRE/JDK JSSE DoS and Untrusted Applets Network Security Bypass
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 8 in 2007. 14,315 views.
Release Date:
2007-07-11
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA26015
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities and a security issue have been reported in Java JRE/JDK, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Java Web Start Untrusted Application Arbitrary File Overwrite
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 5 of 8 in 2007. 16,638 views.
Release Date:
2007-06-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25823
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Java Web Start, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]


Sun JDK and JRE ICC and BMP Parser Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 8 in 2007. 18,806 views.
Release Date:
2007-05-16
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25295
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Chris Evans has reported some vulnerabilities in Sun JDK and JRE, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Java 2 Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 7 of 8 in 2007. 13,265 views.
Release Date:
2007-05-01
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA25069
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in the Java Web Start of the Java 2 Platform, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE GIF Image Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 8 of 8 in 2007. 45,399 views.
Release Date:
2007-01-17
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23757
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE Applet Security Bypass
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 6 in 2006. 14,819 views.
Release Date:
2006-12-20
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23398
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 6 in 2006. 25,148 views.
Release Date:
2006-12-20
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA23445
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JDK / SDK RSA Signature Forgery Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 6 in 2006. 17,056 views.
Release Date:
2006-10-04
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA22204
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in Sun JDK / SDK, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]


Java Plugin and Web Start Version Specification Security Issue
Partial Fix. Secunia Advisory 4 of 6 in 2006. 12,847 views.
Release Date:
2006-08-22
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA21570
Solution Status:
Partial Fix
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A security issue has been reported in Sun Java Plugin and Sun Java Web Start, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE Large Temporary File Creation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 5 of 6 in 2006. 18,141 views.
Release Date:
2006-05-16
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA20132
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Marc Schoenefeld has discovered a vulnerability in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Java JRE "reflection" APIs Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 6 in 2006. 35,494 views.
Release Date:
2006-02-08
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA18760
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Seven vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 6 in 2005. 52,716 views.
Release Date:
2005-11-29
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17748
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE Deserialization Denial of Service Vulnerability
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 2 of 6 in 2005. 14,345 views.
Release Date:
2005-11-07
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA17478
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Marc Schoenefeld has reported a vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Java Web Start / Sun JRE Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 6 in 2005. 28,633 views.
Release Date:
2005-06-14
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA15671
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Java Web Start and Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Java Web Start JNLP File Command Line Argument Injection Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 6 in 2005. 20,441 views.
Release Date:
2005-03-21
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA14640
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Jouko Pynnönen has reported a vulnerability in Java Web Start, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java Plugin Predictable File Location Weakness
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 5 of 6 in 2005. 13,823 views.
Release Date:
2005-02-08
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11070
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
Unknown
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Secunia Research has discovered a weakness in Sun Java Plugin, allowing malicious web sites to write arbitrary content to a file with a predictable name. [Read More]


Sun Java Plug-In Two Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 6 in 2005. 19,203 views.
Release Date:
2005-01-20
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13918
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Fujitsu has reported two vulnerabilities in Sun Java Plug-in, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions or compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java Plug-in Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 5 in 2004. 38,676 views.
Release Date:
2004-11-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13271
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Jouko Pynnonen has reported a vulnerability in Sun Java Plug-in, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. [Read More]


Sun Java JRE DNS Denial of Service Vulnerability
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 2 of 5 in 2004. 13,233 views.
Release Date:
2004-11-09
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA13142
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Kurt Huwig has discovered a vulnerability in Sun Java JRE, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service). [Read More]


Sun Java JRE/SDK XSLT Processor Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 3 of 5 in 2004. 12,144 views.
Release Date:
2004-08-03
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12206
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Privilege escalation
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Marc Schoenefeld has discovered a vulnerability in Sun Java JRE/SDK, allowing an untrusted applet to gain escalated privileges on a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Sun Java Predictable File Location Weakness
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 4 of 5 in 2004. 11,694 views.
Release Date:
2004-07-12
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA12043
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
Unknown
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A weakness has been reported in Sun Java, allowing malicious websites to write arbitrary content to a file with an easily guessable name. [Read More]


Sun Java Runtime Environment Unspecified Denial of Service Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 5 of 5 in 2004. 17,380 views.
Release Date:
2004-05-08
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA11570
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
An unspecified vulnerability has been discovered in the Java Runtime Environment, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause the Java Virtual Machine to become unresponsive. [Read More]


Sun Java Insecure Installation Process Vulnerability
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 1 of 10 in 2003. 10,407 views.
Release Date:
2003-11-05
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10141
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
Privilege escalation
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to overwrite arbitrary files during the installation process. [Read More]


Sun JRE and SDK Untrusted Applet Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 2 of 10 in 2003. 12,050 views.
Release Date:
2003-10-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10056
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE), which can be exploited by malicious, untrusted applets to escalate their privileges. [Read More]


Sun Java Cross Site Static Variable Access
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 3 of 10 in 2003. 11,190 views.
Release Date:
2003-10-23
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA10051
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
Security Bypass
Manipulation of data
Exposure of sensitive information
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun Java allowing malicious websites to manipulate or view certain static variables. [Read More]


Sun Java JAXP Nested Entity Definitions Denial of Service
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 4 of 10 in 2003. 10,151 views.
Release Date:
2003-09-19
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA9797
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Java, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a Denial of Service. [Read More]


Sun Java XSL Template Parsing Denial of Service
Unpatched. Secunia Advisory 5 of 10 in 2003. 9,608 views.
Release Date:
2003-09-19
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA9784
Solution Status:
Unpatched
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
Local system
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Java allowing malicious users to cause a Denial of Service. [Read More]


Java Secure Socket Extention CBC Timing Attack Vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 6 of 10 in 2003. 10,134 views.
Release Date:
2003-09-01
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA9635
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Sun has confirmed an older vulnerability in Java Secure Socket Extention (JSSE), which can be exploited by malicious people to gain knowledge of a plaintext block used to encrypt a SSL/TLS session. [Read More]


Sun Java Security Model Violation
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 7 of 10 in 2003. 15,493 views.
Release Date:
2003-06-06
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA8958
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Exposure of sensitive information
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
A vulnerability has been identified in Java allowing untrusted applets to access information a trusted applet. [Read More]


Sun Java JDK Denial of Service Vulnerabilities
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 8 of 10 in 2003. 8,865 views.
Release Date:
2003-03-18
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA8318
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
DoS
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Several integer overflow vulnerabilities have been idenitfied in multiple Java distributions, which can cause DoS (Denial of Service) on a vulnerable system. [Read More]


Java fails to validate certificates
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 9 of 10 in 2003. 8,965 views.
Release Date:
2003-01-24
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7943
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
Spoofing
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Java may not validate a certificate of a website properly, also Java may fail to validate certificates of signed .jar files. [Read More]


Java access to protected fields or methods
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 10 of 10 in 2003. 14,490 views.
Release Date:
2003-01-24
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7942
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
Java Virtual Machine may allow access to protected fields and methods of objects. This could be used to bypass sandbox restrictions. There is no further details at current. [Read More]


SUN Java zlib vulnerability
Vendor Patch. Secunia Advisory 1 of 1 in 2002. 12,019 views.
Release Date:
2002-11-20
Secunia Advisory ID:
SA7555
Solution Status:
Vendor Patch
Criticality:
Impact:
System access
Where:
From remote
Short Description:
SUN has issued a security bulletin regarding a vulnerability in Java. Java has inherited the zlib double free vulnerability. [Read More]