CVE-2009-3729

N/A Unknown
Published: November 09, 2009 Modified: April 23, 2026
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Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing functionality in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain test suite, aka Bug Id 6815780.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532904
Source: secalert@redhat.com
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7537
Source: secalert@redhat.com
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532904
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7537
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

12 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.6%
82th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

sun