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medium 6.8

CVE-2007-3655 json

Stack-based buffer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier, allows remo…

published 2007-07-10 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3639

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.3%
EPSS 12.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long codebase attribute in a JNLP file.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0829RHSA-2007:0818

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-2007-3655 updated

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Java Web Start URL parsing code

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0829

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30284)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30284 Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.6 - Web Start '.JNLP' File Stack Buffer Overflow remote, 2007-07-09
  • EDB-4168 Sun Java WebStart - JNLP Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2007-07-10
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24832 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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.