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medium 4.3

CVE-2009-1107 json

The Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 12 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 17 and earlier…

published 2009-03-25 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1108

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 12 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, allows remote attackers to trick a user into trusting a signed applet via unknown vectors that misrepresent the security warning dialog, related to a "Swing JLabel HTML parsing vulnerability," aka CR 6782871.

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • oracle jdk 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • oracle jre 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun java 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun java_se 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun jdk 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun jre 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • oracle openjdk 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 5.0.18, 6.0.13
  • sun openjdk 1.5.0_18, 1.6.0_13, 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-2009-1107 updated cvss 4.3

OpenJDK: Signed applet remote misuse possibility (6782871)

  • 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

2.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% 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: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.