CVE-2006-6731

high

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allow attackers to develop Java applets that read, write, or execute local files, possibly related to (1) integer overflows in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_convolveBI, awt_parseRaster, and awt_parseColorModel functions; (2) a stack overflow in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_lookupByteRaster function; and (3) improper handling of certain negative values in the Java_sun_font_SunLayoutEngine_nativeLayout function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10134

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0936

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5073

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml

http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/28115

http://secunia.com/advisories/25404

http://secunia.com/advisories/25283

http://secunia.com/advisories/24468

http://secunia.com/advisories/24189

http://secunia.com/advisories/24099

http://secunia.com/advisories/23835

http://secunia.com/advisories/23650

http://secunia.com/advisories/23445

http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt

http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/243

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-12-26

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High