CVE-2009-3882 Information disclosure in n/a
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2009-3882 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2009-3882 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 9 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3882 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-2009-3882/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3882/index.md)
Information leaks in mutable variables within the Swing implementation allow remote attackers to read sensitive data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not stated
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2009-3882?
CVE-2009-3882 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 9 Nov 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in.
Official description
Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, have unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to "information leaks in mutable variables," aka Bug Id 6657026.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3882?
It affects 3 products.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3882?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2009-3882 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3882 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mhx4-mvfp-68gh.