Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.
CVE-2007-4381
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 91.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 17, 2007
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (58)
- cve@mitrehttp://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248
- cve@mitrehttp://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26402
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26631
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/26933
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/27203
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/27716
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/28056
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/28115
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/28777
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/28880
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29340
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/29897
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5 | 2008-03-11 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5 | 2008-02-14 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4 | 2007-12-12 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-bea-0:1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5 | 2007-10-16 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5 | 2007-08-07 | 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.
All Vendor Advisories
(5)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2007:0829CRITICAL2007-08-15
RHSA-2007:0829 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2007:0956CRITICAL2007-08-15
RHSA-2007:0956 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2007:1086CRITICAL2007-08-15
RHSA-2007:1086 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0100CRITICAL2007-08-15
RHSA-2008:0100 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0132CRITICAL2007-08-15
RHSA-2008:0132 — Critical
Data Freshness Timeline
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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-30502✓ verifiedFirst seen Aug 15, 2007
Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 - Font Parsing Privilege Escalation
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