CVE-2010-0838
HIGHEPSS 96th pctlDescription
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0, Update, and 23 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is a stack-based buffer overflow using an untrusted size value in the readMabCurveData function in the CMM module in the JVM.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c02273751
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00001.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//May/msg00002.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00001.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557596201693&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39292
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39317
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39659
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39819
- http://secunia.com/advisories/40545
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43308
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4170
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4171
- http://ubuntu.com/usn/usn-923-1
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2010-175626.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpumar2010-083341.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0337.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0338.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0339.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0383.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0471.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/510534/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/516397/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39069
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2011-0003.html
- http://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere4/doc/vsp_vc41_u1_rel_notes.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1107
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1191
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1454
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1793
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-061
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/57346
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10482
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13923
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