CVE-2010-3559: Sun JDK

High severity, CVSS 10.0. EPSS: 9.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sound component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.2_27, and 1.3.1_28 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this involves an incorrect sign extension in the HeadspaceSoundbank.nGetName function, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted BANK record that leads to a buffer overflow.

Affected products

• Sun JDK: up to and including 1.6.0; version 1.6.0 only; up to and including 1.5.0; version 1.5.0 only; up to and including 1.3.1_28; version 1.3.0 only; …
• Sun JRE: up to and including 1.6.0; version 1.6.0 only; up to and including 1.5.0; version 1.5.0 only; up to and including 1.4.2_27; version 1.4.2 only; …
• Sun SDK: up to and including 1.4.2_27; version 1.4.2 only; version 1.4.2_1 only; version 1.4.2_02 only; version 1.4.2_3 only; version 1.4.2_4 only; …

Published 2010-10-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.