JRE TrueType font parsing crash (6815780)
Published Nov 9, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.54%
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing functionality in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a certain test suite, aka Bug Id 6815780.
Affected products
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Extras for RHEL 4
java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1560
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2009:1560
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extras for RHEL 4 | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1560 |
| Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2009:1560 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
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- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2.54% (0.02539) | 84.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.54% (0.02539) | 82.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.58% (0.01583) | 79.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.68% (0.02679) | 76.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.58% (0.01583) | 80.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.51% (0.02507) | 90.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.51% (0.02507) | 88.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 70.74th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 1.18% (0.01183) | 61.06th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3729 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532904 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3729
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7537 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3729
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3729 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532904 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3729 | ||
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7537 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3729 |
Change history (0)
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