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CVE-2010-3571: Sun JRE: Buffer overflow

CVE-2010-3571 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and NVD lists 3 affected products, including Sun JRE. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.

Vulnerability description

Unspecified vulnerability in the 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.2_27, and 1.3.1_28 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is an integer overflow in the color profile parser that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Tag structure in a color profile.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
  • Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
  • Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
  • Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
  • Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
  • Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.

Affected products

  • Sun JRE: up to and including 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0 update_1; 1.6.0 update_10; 1.6.0 update_11; 1.6.0 update_12; 1.6.0 update_13; 1.6.0 update_14; 1.6.0 update_15; 1.6.0 update_16; 1.6.0 update_17; 1.6.0 update_18
  • Sun JDK: up to and including 1.6.0; 1.6.0; 1.6.0 update_10; 1.6.0 update_11; 1.6.0 update_12; 1.6.0 update_13; 1.6.0 update_14; 1.6.0 update_15; 1.6.0 update_16; 1.6.0 update_17; 1.6.0 update_18; 1.6.0 update_19
  • Sun Sdk: up to and including 1.4.2_27; 1.4.2; 1.4.2_1; 1.4.2_02; 1.4.2_3; 1.4.2_4; 1.4.2_5; 1.4.2_6; 1.4.2_7; 1.4.2_8; 1.4.2_9; 1.4.2_10

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