CVE-2010-0838

NONECVSS 0.0Weaponized
0.0
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  • No confirmed exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 15%CVSS: —Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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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 v3
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EG Score
0.0(none)
EPSS
96.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 1, 2010

Last Modified

April 29, 2026

References (74)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2010-0838(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(7)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntuopenjdk-6-jre-lib (6b11-2ubuntu2.2) @ hardy2026-05-29ubuntu
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el42010-06-14redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el52010-04-29redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el52010-04-01redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.11.b16.el52010-04-01redhat
redhatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el52010-04-01redhat
redhatjava-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.11.1-1jpp.3.el52010-03-03redhat

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.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(3)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

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-15056✓ verified
    First seen Sep 20, 2010

    Java 6.19 CMM readMabCurveData - Remote Stack Overflow

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2010-0838?
CVE-2010-0838 is a none vulnerability published on April 1, 2010. 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…
When was CVE-2010-0838 disclosed?
CVE-2010-0838 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 1, 2010, with the most recent update on April 29, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2010-0838 actively exploited?
CVE-2010-0838 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
How do I remediate CVE-2010-0838?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2010-0838, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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