CVE-2006-6731

Multiple 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.

• http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/243Third Party Advisory
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177Third Party Advisory
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txtThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23445Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23650Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23835Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24099Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24189Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24468Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25283Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25404Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28115Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1Broken Link
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5073Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0936Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224Permissions Required
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10134Third Party Advisory
• http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/243Third Party Advisory
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177Third Party Advisory
• http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txtThird Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23445Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23650Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23835Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24099Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24189Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24468Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25283Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25404Third Party Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28115Third Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1Broken Link
• http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5073Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0936Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814Permissions Required
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224Permissions Required
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10134Third Party Advisory

Published

Dec 26, 2006

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified