CVE-2006-2426

Public exploit code

Working exploit or proof of concept code has been published for this vulnerability. Treat unpatched systems as at risk.

• Sun Java Applet - Font.createFont Remote Denial of Service2006-05-15 · dos · java · Verified

Impact

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.

Affected products

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20132
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20457
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34489
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34495
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34496
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34632
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34675
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/909
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm
• http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769
• http://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.html
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162
• http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
• http://www.osvdb.org/25561
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434001/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17981
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-748-1
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1824
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26493
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10609
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html