# CVE-2009-3883: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Windows Pluggable Look and Feel (PL&F) feature in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 5.0 be

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2009-11-09 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Windows Pluggable Look and Feel (PL&F) feature in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, have unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to "information leaks in mutable variables," aka Bug Id 6657138.

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## References

- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10191
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530175
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6968
- http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
- http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

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