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CVE-2007-3716

Affected software2 products, listed below
Severity9.3 High CVSS 2.0
WeaknessImproper input validation (CWE-20)
Published11 Jul 2007
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

The Java XML Digital Signature implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 6 before Update 2 does not properly process XSLT stylesheets in XSLT transforms in XML signatures, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted stylesheet, a related issue to CVE-2007-3715.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 19 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 3.6% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun jdk javase ≤ 6.0.0.0
nvd sun jre javase ≤ 6.0.0.0

References

URLTags
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248
http://osvdb.org/36664
http://secunia.com/advisories/26031 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26631 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26933 Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102993-1 Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xml
http://www.isecpartners.com/advisories/2007-04-dsig.txt
http://www.isecpartners.com/files/XMLDSIG_Command_Injection.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/473552/100/0/threaded

Timeline

Published2007-07-11By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.