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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2009-3872 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the JPEG JFIF Decoder in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK…

published 2009-11-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-3843

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the JPEG JFIF Decoder in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted image file, aka Bug Id 6862969.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.6.0-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.3 1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4
  • java-1.6.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.3 1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0043RHSA-2009:1551RHSA-2009:1560RHSA-2009:1694RHSA-2009:1647RHSA-2009:1643

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-2009-3872 updated cvss 6.8

JRE JPEG JFIF Decoder issue (6862969)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, +19 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, +17 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.7-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, +19 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.3-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.7-1jpp.3.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, +17 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:1643
  • 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

4.25% 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 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.