CVE-2009-3873 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-3873

The JPEG Image Writer in Sun Java SE in JDK...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

jdk, jre, sdk
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_02, 1.4.2_03, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_4, 1.4.2_04, 1.4.2_05, 1.4.2_5, 1.4.2_06, 1.4.2_6, 1.4.2_7, 1.4.2_07, 1.4.2_8, 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09, 1.4.2_9, 1.4.2_10, 1.4.2_11, 1.4.2_12, 1.4.2_13, 1.4.2_14, 1.4.2_15, 1.4.2_16, 1.4.2_17, 1.4.2_18, 1.4.2_19, 1.4.2_20, 1.4.2_21, 1.4.2_22, 1.3.1_1, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a, 1.3.1_02, 1.3.1_2, 1.3.1_03, 1.3.1_3, 1.3.1_4, 1.3.1_04, 1.3.1_05, 1.3.1_5, 1.3.1_06, 1.3.1_6, 1.3.1_07, 1.3.1_7, 1.3.1_8, 1.3.1_08, 1.3.1_9, 1.3.1_09, 1.3.1_10, 1.3.1_11, 1.3.1_12, 1.3.1_13, 1.3.1_14, 1.3.1_15, 1.3.1_16, 1.3.1_17, 1.3.1_18, 1.3.1_19, 1.3.1_20, 1.3.1_21, 1.3.1_22, 1.3.1_23, 1.3.1_24, 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_01

Timeline

Official Publish: November 5th, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.