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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2009-1100 json

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, and 6 U…

published 2009-03-25 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-1101

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Java SE Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, and 6 Update 12 and earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) via vectors related to temporary font files and (1) "limits on Font creation," aka CR 6522586, and (2) another unspecified vector, aka CR 6632886.

Patch / fix

  • 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-2009:1551RHSA-2009:1038RHSA-2009:1198RHSA-2009:0394

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-2009-1100 updated cvss 4.3

OpenJDK: DoS (disk consumption) via handling of temporary font files

  • 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
  • Red Hat RHEL 4 AS for SAP java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el4_8 Red Hat RHEL 5 Server for SAP java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el5_3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el5_3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el5_3, java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm 1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el5_3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1551

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Exploit prediction

3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% 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.