The JPEG Image Writer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via a crafted image file, related to a "quantization problem," aka Bug Id 6862968.

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http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00000.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126566824131534&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131593453929393&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37231 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37239 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37581 cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37841 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023132 cve-icon cve-icon
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270474-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3969 cve-icon cve-icon
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3970 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1694.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3873 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11746 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6970 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8396 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9602 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3873 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:45:50.492Z

Reserved: 2009-11-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-3873

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-11-05T16:30:00.467

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3873

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3873 - Bugzilla

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