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CVE-2010-4469

HIGH · 10.0 CVSS v2.0 Published 2011-02-17
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 1.6.0 or later.
See remediation →
100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

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 Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.2_29 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is heap corruption related to the Verifier and "backward jsrs."

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.

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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
JreApplication
Affected:<= 1.6.0= 1.6.0<= 1.5.0= 1.5.0<= 1.4.2_29= 1.4.2= 1.4.2_1= 1.4.2_2= 1.4.2_3= 1.4.2_4= 1.4.2_5= 1.4.2_6
JdkApplication
Affected:<= 1.6.0= 1.6.0<= 1.5.0= 1.5.0
SdkApplication
Affected:<= 1.4.2_29= 1.4.2= 1.4.2_1= 1.4.2_02= 1.4.2_3= 1.4.2_4= 1.4.2_5= 1.4.2_6= 1.4.2_7= 1.4.2_8= 1.4.2_9= 1.4.2_10

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
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

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

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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 1.6.0
Vendor patch www.oracle.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Java SE 6 Update 24+ / Java SE 5.0 Update 28+ / Java SE 1.4.2_30+ (or migrate to Java SE 7+)

  1. Identify all systems running affected Java versions (JDK/JRE 1.6.0 and earlier, 1.5.0 and earlier, or 1.4.2_29 and earlier)
  2. Locate and download the Oracle Critical Patch Update from February 2011 at the vendor URL, or download newer Java versions from Oracle's official download page
  3. For Java SE 6.x users: Upgrade to Java SE 6 Update 24 or later
  4. For Java SE 5.0.x users: Upgrade to Java SE 5.0 Update 28 or later
  5. For Java SE 1.4.2.x users: Upgrade to Java SE 1.4.2_30 or later
  6. Alternatively, consider upgrading to Java SE 7 or later which is not affected by this vulnerability
  7. After upgrade, verify the new version by running: java -version
  8. Test any Java Web Start applications and applets to ensure functionality is maintained
Caveat Older Java applications may have compatibility issues with newer Java versions; test thoroughly before production deployment

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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