# CVE-2007-2789: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a JVM hang via crafted BMP files in untrusted applets, requiring user interaction to open the file.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **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 available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 May 2007
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** CVE-2007-3005, GHSA-r5wh-4xhf-r4xr

## What is CVE-2007-2789?

CVE-2007-2789 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 22 May 2007. 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

The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2789?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Sun Jdk, Sun Jre, Sun Sdk.

## How do I fix CVE-2007-2789?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2007-2789 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk

- [CVE-2011-3521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3521/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3548](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3548/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3549/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-3554](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-3554/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2011-0802](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-0802/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2007-2789 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2007-2789 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 22 May 2007. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2789 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Jdk. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2789/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2789/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-2789
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-2789
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-2789

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2789/
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