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medium 4.3

CVE-2007-2789 json

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…

published 2007-05-22 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-2781

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • jabberd network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.37.rhn
  • jabberd network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 2.0s10-3.38.rhn
  • tomcat5 network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh
  • jfreechart network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 0.9.20-3.rhn
  • rhn-apache network satellite 4.2 1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel3
  • rhn-apache network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 1.3.27-36.rhn.rhel4
  • rhn-modssl network satellite 4.2 2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel3
  • rhn-modssl network satellite 5.0, network satellite 4.2 2.8.12-8.rhn.10.rhel4

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0524RHSA-2008:0261RHSA-2007:0956RHSA-2007:0829RHSA-2008:0100RHSA-2007:0817

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-2789 updated

BMP image parser vulnerability

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0817
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0817
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-src 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0817
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-bea 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-src 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, +16 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.9-1jpp.1.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0817
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  • Red Hat Satellite 5.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel4, openmotif21 2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0261
  • Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.3 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.37.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el3, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel3, openmotif21 2.1.30-9.RHEL3.8, +4 more Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, rhn-modperl 1.29-16.rhel4, openmotif21 2.1.30-11.RHEL4.6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0524

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Exploit prediction

3.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-399 Resource Management Errors

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.