CVE-2006-6731

Summary

CVECVE-2006-6731
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-12-26 23:28:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionMultiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allow attackers to develop Java applets that read, write, or execute local files, possibly related to (1) integer overflows in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_convolveBI, awt_parseRaster, and awt_parseColorModel functions; (2) a stack overflow in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_lookupByteRaster function; and (3) improper handling of certain negative values in the Java_sun_font_SunLayoutEngine_nativeLayout function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 - All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update1 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update2 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update3 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update4 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update5 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update7 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1 - All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_03 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_04 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_05 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_06 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_07 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_08 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_09 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_10 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_11 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_12 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_13 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_14 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_15 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_16 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_17 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_18 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.3.1_2 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2 - All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_1 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_10 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_11 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_12 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_2 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_3 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_4 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_5 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_6 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_7 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_8 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.4.2_9 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 - All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update1 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update2 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update3 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update4 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update5 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update7 All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_01 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_01a All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_02 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_03 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_04 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_05 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_06 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_07 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_08 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_09 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_10 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_11 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_12 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_13 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_14 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_15 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_16 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_17 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.3.1_18 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_1 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_10 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_11 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_12 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_2 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_3 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_4 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_5 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_6 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_7 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_8 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.4.2_9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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#102729: Security Vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment may Allow Untrusted Applets to Elevate Privileges and Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Broken Link
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SecurityTracker.com Archives - Java Runtime Environment Buffer Overflows Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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Non-trusted Applets may be able to elevate privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 dev2dev.bea.com Third Party Advisory
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SUSE update for Sun Java - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Permissions Required
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