CVE-2009-2716

critical

Description

The plugin functionality in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 does not properly implement version selection, which allows context-dependent attackers to leverage vulnerabilities in "old zip and certificate handling" and have unspecified other impact via unknown vectors.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

http://secunia.com/advisories/37460

http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2009-08-10

Updated: 2025-04-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00302