CVE-2007-3655

Publication date 10 July 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long codebase attribute in a JNLP file.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
sun-java5 9.10 karmic Not in release
9.04 jaunty
Not affected
8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

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