CVE Catalog

CVE-2005-3583

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09, 1.5.0_05 and possibly others allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via a crafted serialized object, such as a font object as demonstrated on JBoss.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely crash Java applications, leading to service disruption and potential financial losses or system unavailability.

Recommendation

Immediately update Java to a version later than 1.5.0_05 or apply the security patch provided by the vendor.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

(1) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and (2) Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09, and 1.5.0_05 and possibly other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via a crafted serialized object, such as a font object as demonstrated on JBoss.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS