CVE-2007-5019 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the Sun Java Web Start ActiveX control in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6.0_X allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a long argument to the dnsResolve (isInstalled.dnsResolve) method.

Published: 2007-09-20

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 10.5% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sun:java_web_start::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0_0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0_10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.3.0::standard:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5000	Buffer overflow in the Sun Java Web Start ActiveX control in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6.0_X allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a long argument to the dnsResolve (isInstalled.dnsResolve) method.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10464.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/38297
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25734
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36682
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4432

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Java Web Start Jre Sdk

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2007-09-20T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:17:27.796Z

Reserved: 2007-09-20T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5019

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2007-09-20T21:17:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2007-5019

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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