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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2007-4381 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earl…

published 2007-08-17 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-4364

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the font parsing implementation in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an applet that grants certain privileges to itself.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.5.0-bea RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-missioncontrol RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0956RHSA-2008:0132RHSA-2007:0829RHSA-2008:0100RHSA-2007:1086

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-2007-4381 updated

java: Vulnerability in the font parsing code

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras 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 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras 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 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-src 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-demo 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras 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 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.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-bea-src 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, +16 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras 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 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132

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Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-30502)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

5.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-30502 Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 - Font Parsing Privilege Escalation remote, 2007-08-15

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.