CVE-2009-3869
Stack-based buffer overflow in the setDiffICM function in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 65.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 0.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the setDiffICM function in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted argument, aka Bug Id 6872357.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits2
Metasploit modules1 module
- Sun Java JRE AWT setDiffICM Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/multi/browser/java_setdifficm_bofRank greatdisclosed 4 Nov 2009
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Sun Java - JRE AWT setDiffICM Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16298remote, multiplepublished 20 Sept 2010Verified
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
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Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 65.4% · top 0.7% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
27
- HPSBUX02503 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11262 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 36881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3970 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBMU02799 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3969 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- HPSBMU02703 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- GLSA-200911-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:1694 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10741 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-12-03-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8566 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7400 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 37231 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1023132 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:058 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 270474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-078/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3131 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-12-03-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 37581 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 37239 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2010:084 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- 37386 (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-2009-3840 (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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