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CVE-2009-3871

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2009-11-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the setBytePixels function in the Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments, aka Bug Id 6872358.

Affected Platforms

Sun JreMicrosoft WindowsSun SdkSun SolarisSun Java SeSun Jdk

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References