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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2009-1103 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier…

published 2009-03-25 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1104

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier; 6 Update 12 and earlier; 1.4.2_19 and earlier; and 1.3.1_24 and earlier allows remote attackers to access files and execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to "deserializing applets," aka CR 6646860.

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • oracle jdk 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • oracle jre 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun java 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun java_se 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun jdk 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun jre 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • oracle openjdk 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun openjdk 1.3.1_25, 1.4.2_20, 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 3.1.25, 4.2.20, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.3 1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4
  • java-1.6.0-ibm network satellite 5.3 1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun network satellite 5.1 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.3.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.3.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0043RHSA-2009:1662RHSA-2009:1038RHSA-2009:1198RHSA-2009:0394RHSA-2009:0392

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-2009-1103 updated cvss 6.8

OpenJDK: Files disclosure, arbitrary code execution via "deserializing applets" (6646860)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, +16 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, +16 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.3.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.3.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el5, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, +16 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.3.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.3.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el5, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.5.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.5-1jpp.1.el4, +16 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1038
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1662
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4 Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0043

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Exploit prediction

4.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Fix affected version ranges.