CVE-2009-3885 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Sun Java SE on Windows by tricking users into opening a malicious BMP file.
- 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-2009-3885?
CVE-2009-3885 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Jre, published on 9 Nov 2009. 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 SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17 on Windows allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a BMP file containing a link to a UNC share pathname for an International Color Consortium (ICC) profile file, probably a related issue to CVE-2007-2789, aka Bug Id 6632445.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2009-3885?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sun Jre.
How do I fix CVE-2009-3885?
No fix has been published for CVE-2009-3885 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-2009-3885 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-3885 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jre
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5gc2-9hrm-h7g7.