CVE-2009-3869
highpriority · attend · 70EPSS 0.654 · 99 %ileexploit · weaponizedEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Stack-based buffer overflow in the setDiffICM function in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument, aka Bug Id 6872357.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (2)
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- exploit/multi/browser/java_setdifficm_bofSun Java JRE AWT setDiffICM Buffer Overflowweaponized · metasploit
- EDB-16298Sun Java - JRE AWT setDiffICM Buffer Overflow (Metasploit)functional · exploit_db
affected products (136)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (54)
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- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126566824131534&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131593453929393&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37231enisa_euvd
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