CVE-2006-2426
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…
- 6.4MediumCVSS base score
- 13.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sun Java Applet - Font.createFont Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27882dos, javapublished 15 May 2006Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 18 years later
· 18 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 13.0% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References25
- MDVSA-2009:137 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 34632 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 909 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- http://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 34675 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060514 JDK 1.4.2_11, 1.5.0_06, unsigned applets consuming all free harddisk space (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20132 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10609 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 34489 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0394 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 25561 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 34495 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0377 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2006:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- MDVSA-2009:162 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1824 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0392 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 34496 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- sun-java-fontcreatefont-dos(26493) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- USN-748-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- DSA-1769 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 17981 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2006-2427 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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