Description
The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.
Published: 2007-05-22
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 5.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-2781 The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.
References
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http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248 cve-icon cve-icon
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/25474 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/25832 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26311 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26369 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26631 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26645 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/26933 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27203 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/27266 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28056 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/30805 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-08.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102934-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200856-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-December/001862.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001696.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001697.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001708.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-23.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_56_ibmjava.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0817.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0829.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1086.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0133.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24004 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018182 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1836 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3009 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34320 cve-icon cve-icon
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34654 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2789 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10800 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2789 cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T13:49:57.366Z

Reserved: 2007-05-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-2789

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-05-22T00:30:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2007-2789

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Critical

Publid Date: 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-2789 - Bugzilla

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