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OpenJDK Hotspot verifier heap corruption (6878713)

Published Feb 17, 2011

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.2_29 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the February 2011 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a downstream vendor that this issue is heap corruption related to the Verifier and "backward jsrs."

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Remediation

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Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (22)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner oracle
Published Feb 17, 2011
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 6, 2010
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Important
Public date Feb 15, 2011