# 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 Develop

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-12-26 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/5073
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24468
- http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1814
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25283
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24099
- http://secunia.com/advisories/25404
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10134
- http://secunia.com/advisories/24189
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
- http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23445
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23650
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23835
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425

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