CVE-2010-0849 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2010-0849?

CVE-2010-0849 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 1 Apr 2010. 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

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25, and 1.3.1_27 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is a heap-based buffer overflow in a decoding routine used by the JPEGImageDecoderImpl interface, which allows code execution via a crafted JPEG image.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0849?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Sun Jdk, Sun Jre, Sun Sdk.

How do I fix CVE-2010-0849?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2010-0849 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0849 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Sun Jdk

• CVE-2011-3521 Deserialization in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-3548 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-3549 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-3554 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2011-0802 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Sun Jdk vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-xjj5-69gv-xxqg.