CVE-2006-2426 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.4 Published 17 May 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service by creating large temporary files via the Font.createFont function in the Java Runtime Environment.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2006-2426?

CVE-2006-2426 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 17 May 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-2426?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Sun Jdk, Sun Jre, Sun Sdk.

How do I fix CVE-2006-2426?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2006-2426 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2006-2426 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-mwm5-6468-q7xv.