JdkApplication · Sun

CVE-2010-0850

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v2.0 Published 2010-04-01
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.3.1_27 or later.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 1.3.1_27 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · moderate confidence

This is an unspecified vulnerability in the Java 2D component affecting Java SE and Java for Business 1.3.1_27. The CVSS 7.5 score indicates high-severity impact allowing remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, likely enabling arbitrary code execution.

MitigationUpgrade Java to a patched version or migrate to a supported Java version, as Java 1.3.1 is end-of-life; locate and remediate all vulnerable Java installations in the environment.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
JdkApplication
Affected:<= 1.3.1_27= 1.3.0= 1.3.0_01= 1.3.0_02= 1.3.0_03= 1.3.0_04= 1.3.0_05= 1.3.1= 1.3.1_01= 1.3.1_01a= 1.3.1_02= 1.3.1_03
JreApplication
Affected:<= 1.3.1_27= 1.3.0= 1.3.1= 1.3.1_2= 1.3.1_03= 1.3.1_04= 1.3.1_05= 1.3.1_06= 1.3.1_07= 1.3.1_08= 1.3.1_09= 1.3.1_10
SdkApplication
Affected:<= 1.3.1_27= 1.3.0= 1.3.0_01= 1.3.0_02= 1.3.0_03= 1.3.0_04= 1.3.0_05= 1.3.1= 1.3.1_01= 1.3.1_01a= 1.3.1_02= 1.3.1_03

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Detect Java installation
    Run 'java -version' from command line or check for java.exe in common paths like C:\Program Files\Java\ or /usr/lib/jvm/
    Affected if No Java installation found means not affected
  2. Identify Java version
    Execute 'java -version' and examine the output version string (e.g., 1.3.1_27)
    Affected if Version string starts with 1.3.x or shows 1.3.1_27 or earlier indicates affected version
  3. Check for JRE specifically
    Look for jre directory under Java installation paths and run 'jre\bin\java -version' if separate from JDK
    Affected if Standalone JRE at version 1.3.1_27 or earlier indicates affected installation
  4. Enumerate all Java installations
    Search system for multiple java.exe instances: 'where java' on Windows or 'which -a java' on Unix-like systems
    Affected if Any discovered installation matching 1.3.x versions indicates affected environment

Your environment is affected if any Java installation reports version 1.3.x up to and including 1.3.1_27.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.3.1_27
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Java to a patched version or migrate to a supported Java version, as Java 1.3.1 is end-of-life; locate and remediate all vulnerable Java installations in the environment.

Fix this in Jdk Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation2.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
12.0 hours of engineering $2,120
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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