CVE-2005-3583 — (1) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and (2) Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09, and 1.5.0_05 and possibly other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via a crafted serialized object, such as a font object as demonstrated on JBoss

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HIGH

(1) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and (2) Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09, and 1.5.0_05 and possibly other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via a crafted serialized object, such as a font object as demonstrated on JBoss

Published Nov 16, 2005

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.89%

Description

(1) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and (2) Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09, and 1.5.0_05 and possibly other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via a crafted serialized object, such as a font object as demonstrated on JBoss.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.89% 0.02887

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02887

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.89% (0.02887)	86.39th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.89% (0.02887)	85.01th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.94% (0.00940)	74.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	6.91% (0.06906)	93.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 7, 2023	27.77% (0.27775)	96.23th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 11, 2023	33.93% (0.33932)	96.43th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	28.93% (0.28933)	96.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.61th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 17, 2023	1.21% (0.01213)	66.22th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	64.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.21% (0.01213)	40.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (4)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113113125121878&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/17478/
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/143
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15312
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113113125121878&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://secunia.com/advisories/17478/		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/143		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15312		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 16, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 16, 2005

Link CVE-2005-3583

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-3583

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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