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CVE-2007-0243

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity6.8 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessBuffer errors (CWE-119)
Published17 Jan 2007
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows applets to gain privileges via a GIF image with a block with a 0 width field, which triggers memory corruption.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2007-01-21.
  • EPSS 12% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Sun Microsystems Java - '.GIF' File Parsing Memory Corruption 2007-01-21

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

3 products, 37 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun jdk javase ≤ 5.0.0.0 · 1.5.0:update3 · 1.5.0:update4 · 1.5.0:update5 · 1.5.0:update7 · 1.5.0:update8
nvd sun jre javase ≤ 3.1.0.0 · 1.3.1:update16 · 1.4.2_1 · 1.4.2_2 · 1.4.2_3 · 1.4.2_4 · 1.4.2_5 · 1.4.2_6 · 1.4.2_7 · 1.4.2_8 · 1.4.2_9 · 1.4.2_10 · 1.4.2_11 · 1.4.2_12 · 1.5.0:update3 · 1.5.0:update4 · 1.5.0:update5 · 1.5.0:update6 · 1.5.0:update7 · 1.5.0:update8 · 1.5.0:update9
nvd sun sdk generic 1.3.1_01 · 1.3.1_01a · 1.3.1_16 · 1.3.1_18 · 1.4.2 · 1.4.2_03 · 1.4.2_08 · 1.4.2_09 · 1.4.2_10 · 1.4.2_12

References

URLTags
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/242
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
http://osvdb.org/32834
http://secunia.com/advisories/23757
http://secunia.com/advisories/24189
http://secunia.com/advisories/24202
http://secunia.com/advisories/24468
http://secunia.com/advisories/24993

Timeline

Published2007-01-17By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.