CVE-2007-2789

Name: CVE-2007-2789
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2007-05-22T00:30:00+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

UnknownEPSS 3.48%

Last modified Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-2789 is a vulnerability of currently unknown severity. The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.. EPSS estimates a 3.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.

Metrics

EPSS Probability

3.48%

87.6th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Sun	Jdk	1.5.0
Sun	Jdk	1.6.0
Sun	Jre	1.3.1
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_2
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_03
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_04
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_05
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_06
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_07
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_08
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_09
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_10
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_11
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_12
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_13
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_14
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_15
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_16
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_17
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_18
Sun	Jre	1.3.1_19
Sun	Jre	1.4.2
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_1
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_2
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_3
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_4
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_5
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_6
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_7
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_8
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_9
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_10
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_11
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_12
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_13
Sun	Jre	1.4.2_14
Sun	Jre	1.5.0
Sun	Jre	1.6.0
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_01
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_01a
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_02
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_03
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_04
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_05
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_06
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_07
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_08
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_09
Sun	Sdk	1.3.1_10

Showing 50 of 74 affected configurations. See NVD for the full list.

References

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25474Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25832Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26311Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26369Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26631Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26645Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26933Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27203Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27266Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28056Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30805Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-08.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102934-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200856-1Broken Link
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-December/001862.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001696.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001697.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001708.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_56_ibmjava.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0817.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0829.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1086.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0133.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018182Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1836Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3009Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224Permissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34654Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10800Third Party Advisory
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248Third Party Advisory
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25474Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/25832Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26049Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26119Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26311Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26369Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26631Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26645Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/26933Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27203Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27266Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28056Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30805Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-08.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102934-1Broken Link
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200856-1Broken Link
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-December/001862.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001696.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001697.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001708.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-23.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_56_ibmjava.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0817.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0829.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1086.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0133.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24004Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018182Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1836Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3009Permissions Required
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224Permissions Required
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34320Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34654Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10800Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 22, 2007
Last Modified: Jun 16, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2007-2789?

How severe is CVE-2007-2789?

Severity scoring for CVE-2007-2789 is pending analysis. The EPSS model estimates a 3.48% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2007-2789?

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Source: NVD / NIST