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Jdk 1.6.0 and prior [High]

By Security Team • Nov 5th, 2009 • Category: Security Notifications

Affects:

  • Jdk 1.6.0 and prior [High]

Description

Integer overflow in the JPEGImageReader implementation in the ImageI/O component 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 execute arbitrary code via large subsample dimensions in a JPEG file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, aka Bug Id 6874643.

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CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-3874
Severity: High

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Related OLEX Packages: jdk
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