CVE-2006-2426

high

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.

References

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10609

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26493

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2006-2427

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1824

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-748-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17981

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434001/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.html

http://www.osvdb.org/25561

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137

http://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/909

http://secunia.com/advisories/34675

http://secunia.com/advisories/34632

http://secunia.com/advisories/34496

http://secunia.com/advisories/34495

http://secunia.com/advisories/34489

http://secunia.com/advisories/20457

http://secunia.com/advisories/20132

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2006-05-17

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.12692