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CVE-2007-2788

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity6.8 Medium CVSS 2.0
WeaknessCWE-189
Published22 May 2007
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Integer overflow in the embedded ICC profile 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_20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (JVM crash) via a crafted JPEG or BMP file that triggers a buffer overflow.

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 2007-05-16.
  • EPSS 18% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB Sun Java JDK 1.x - Multiple Vulnerabilities 2007-05-16

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, 96 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun jdk javase 1.5.0 · 1.5.0:update1 · 1.5.0:update2 · 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 · 1.5.0:update10 · 1.6.0
nvd sun jre javase 1.3.1 · 1.3.1_2 · 1.3.1_03 · 1.3.1_04 · 1.3.1_05 · 1.3.1_06 · 1.3.1_07 · 1.3.1_08 · 1.3.1_09 · 1.3.1_10 · 1.3.1_11 · 1.3.1_12 · 1.3.1_13 · 1.3.1_14 · 1.3.1_15 · 1.3.1_16 · 1.3.1_17 · 1.3.1_18 · 1.3.1_19 · 1.3.1_20 · 1.4.2 · 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 · 1.4.2_13 · 1.4.2_14 · 1.5.0 · 1.5.0:update1 · 1.5.0:update2 · 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 · 1.5.0:update10 · 1.6.0
nvd sun sdk generic 1.3.1 · 1.3.1_01 · 1.3.1_01a · 1.3.1_02 · 1.3.1_03 · 1.3.1_04 · 1.3.1_05 · 1.3.1_06 · 1.3.1_07 · 1.3.1_08 · 1.3.1_09 · 1.3.1_10 · 1.3.1_11 · 1.3.1_12 · 1.3.1_13 · 1.3.1_14 · 1.3.1_15 · 1.3.1_16 · 1.3.1_17 · 1.3.1_18 · 1.3.1_19 · 1.3.1_20 · 1.4.2 · 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 · 1.4.2_13 · 1.4.2_14

References

URLTags
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248 Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295 Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25474 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25832 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119 Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published2007-05-22By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.