CVE-2003-1301 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Java Runtime Environment by submitting deeply nested object arrays, affecting applications and browsers using vulnerable JRE versions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2003-1301?
CVE-2003-1301 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Jre, published on 26 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.x before 1.4.2_11 and 1.5.x before 1.5.0_06, and as used in multiple web browsers, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via deeply nested object arrays, which are not properly handled by the garbage collector and trigger invalid memory accesses.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-1301?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Jre.
How do I fix CVE-2003-1301?
No fix has been published for CVE-2003-1301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2003-1301 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-1301 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jre
Sources
Also known as GHSA-898p-fmh8-7xpx.