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CVE-2006-6731

Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allow attackers to develop Java applets that read, write, or execute local files, possibly related to (1) integer overflows in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_convolveBI, awt_parseRaster, and awt_parseColorModel functions; (2) a stack overflow in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_lookupByteRaster function; and (3) improper handling of certain negative values in the Java_sun_font_SunLayoutEngine_nativeLayout function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2006-6731 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from sun, from sun, from sun organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Originally identified in 2006, this vulnerability predates many modern security frameworks and practices. The vulnerability landscape of that era was characterized by different threat models and less mature defense mechanisms compared to contemporary standards.

Published

2006-12-26T23:28:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jdk	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_2	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_03	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_04	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_05	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_06	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_07	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_08	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_09	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_10	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_11	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_12	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_13	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_14	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_15	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_16	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_17	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.3.1_18	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_1	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_2	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_3	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_4	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_5	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_6	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_7	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_8	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_9	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_10	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_11	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.4.2_12	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	jre	1.5.0	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_01	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_01a	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_02	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_03	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_04	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_05	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_06	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_07	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_08	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_09	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_10	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_11	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_12	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_13	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_14	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_15	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_16	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_17	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.3.1_18	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_1	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_2	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_3	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_4	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_5	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_6	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_7	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_8	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_9	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_10	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_11	Yes
Application	sun	sdk	1.4.2_12	Yes

References

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/243 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23445 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23650 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/23835 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24099 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24189 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/24468 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25283 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/25404 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5073 Permissions Required ([email protected])
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https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10134 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/243 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23445 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23650 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/23835 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24099 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24189 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/24468 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25283 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/25404 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5073 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0936 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224 Permissions Required (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
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How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For sun's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.