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title: "CVE-2009-3869\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3869

Publication date 5 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the setDiffICM function in the Abstract
Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 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 execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument, aka Bug
Id 6872357.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu12 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6b12-0ubuntu6.6 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6b18-1.8.2-4ubuntu1~8.04.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6.20dlj-1ubuntu3 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.9.10 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.9.04 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.8.04 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3869)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3869)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3869)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3869)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-859-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-859-1)
+ OpenJDK vulnerabilities
+ 12 November 2009

### Other references

* <http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270474-1>
* <http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3869>