Description
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.
Published: 2006-05-17
Score: 6.4 Medium
EPSS: 29.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-1769-1 New openjdk-6 packages fix arbitrary code execution
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-748-1 OpenJDK vulnerabilities
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Sun Jdk Jre Sdk
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T17:51:04.575Z

Reserved: 2006-05-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-2426

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Status : Modified

Published: 2006-05-17T10:06:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-2426

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2006-05-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2006-2426 - Bugzilla

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