CVE-2009-2674: Sun JDK

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JPEG image that is not properly handled during display to a splash screen, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Sun JDK: version 1.6.0 only; version 6 only
• Sun JRE: version 6 only

Published 2009-08-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.