Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows applets to gain privileges via a GIF image with a block with a 0 width field, which triggers memory corruption.
CVE-2007-0243
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
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- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 95.4%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 17, 2007
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (80)
- cve@mitrehttp://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/242
- cve@mitrehttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
- cve@mitrehttp://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://osvdb.org/32834
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/23757
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24189
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24202
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24468
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/24993
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/25283
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26049
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26119
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26645
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/27203
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.0.30-0jpp_10rh | 2008-06-30 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-bea-0:1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5 | 2007-10-16 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.8-1jpp.1.el5 | 2007-04-25 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.4-1jpp.3.el5 | 2007-04-25 | redhat |
| redhat | IBMJava2-SDK-1:1.3.1-11 | 2007-01-24 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
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All Vendor Advisories
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- Red HatRHSA-2007:0072IMPORTANT2007-01-17
RHSA-2007:0072 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:0166IMPORTANT2007-01-17
RHSA-2007:0166 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:0167IMPORTANT2007-01-17
RHSA-2007:0167 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2007:0956IMPORTANT2007-01-17
RHSA-2007:0956 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0261IMPORTANT2007-01-17
RHSA-2008:0261 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0524IMPORTANT2007-01-17
RHSA-2008:0524 — Important
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-3168✓ verifiedFirst seen Jan 21, 2007
Sun Microsystems Java - '.GIF' File Parsing Memory Corruption
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