CVE-2007-2906 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the browser by exploiting a flaw in the Java Embedding Plugin via a malicious Thread subclass.
- 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-2007-2906?
CVE-2007-2906 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 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
Java Embedding Plugin 0.9.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a Thread subclass that calls super.run from its run method.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-2906?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Java Embedding Plugin.
How do I fix CVE-2007-2906?
No fix has been published for CVE-2007-2906 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-2007-2906 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-2906 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5cpw-9435-x536.