// For flags

CVE-2006-2426

Sun Java Applet - Font.createFont Remote Denial of Service

Severity Score

6.4
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2006-05-15 First Exploit
  • 2006-05-17 CVE Reserved
  • 2006-05-17 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-09-05 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
References (28)
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Sun
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Jdk
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1.5.0
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update6
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Sun
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Jre
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1.5.0
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update6
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Sun
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Sdk
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1.5.0_6
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Affected