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CVE-2009-2720 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthContext.isSubregion method in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before…

published 2009-08-10 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2711

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthContext.isSubregion method in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NullPointerException in the Jemmy library) via unknown vectors.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:1200RHSA-2009:1199

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-2009-2720 updated cvss 1.9

JDK DoS with Swing Synthcontext implementation

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el5, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.15-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-demo 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc 1.5.0.20-1jpp.1.el4, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1199

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Exploit prediction

2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.