CVE-2009-3873: Sun JDK

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 4.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Sun JDK: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only
• Sun JRE: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only; version 1.4.2_1 only; version 1.4.2_2 only; version 1.4.2_02 only; version 1.4.2_03 only; …
• Sun SDK: version 1.4.2_01 only; version 1.4.2_1 only; version 1.4.2_2 only; version 1.4.2_02 only; version 1.4.2_03 only; version 1.4.2_3 only; …

Published 2009-11-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.