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CVE-2010-4473

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 attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Sound and unspecified APIs, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-4454 and CVE-2010-4462.

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

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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, or Java SE 1.4.2_30 (depending on product line)

  1. 1. Identify the currently installed Java version by running 'java -version' or checking the system JRE/JDK location
  2. 2. Navigate to the Oracle Java SE download page or your organization's approved Java distribution source
  3. 3. Download the fixed Java version: Java SE 6 Update 24 (or later), Java SE 5.0 Update 28 (or later), or Java SE 1.4.2_30 (or later) - choose based on your current product line
  4. 4. Uninstall the current vulnerable Java version through the system package manager or control panel
  5. 5. Install the downloaded fixed Java version package
  6. 6. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to the new installation directory
  7. 7. Verify the fix by running 'java -version' and confirming the installed version matches or exceeds the fixed release
  8. 8. Restart any applications or services that depend on Java to ensure they use the updated runtime
Caveat Upgrading Java versions may require compatibility testing for applications dependent on specific JRE features or APIs; Java 1.4.2 is very old and applications may require significant changes

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

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