Sun JRE 1.6.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sun JRE 1.6.0. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2010-0088. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun JRE 1.6.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0 Update 23, 1.4.2_25, and 1.3.1_27 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-0085.

The weakness was presented 04/01/2010 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2010-0088. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $25k-$100k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/04/2026). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46873 (CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2010:0339)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165594 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update IBM Java 6 (SUSE-SA:2010:026)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (46873), SecurityFocus (BID 39081†), Secunia (SA43308†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25264†). See VDB-52534, VDB-52532, VDB-52531 and VDB-52529 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 46873
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2010:0339)
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OpenVAS ID: 880601
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2010:0339 centos5 i386
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0088 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0088
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52513

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SecurityFocus: 39081 - Oracle Java SE and Java for Business CVE-2010-0088 Remote Java Runtime Environme Vulnerability
Secunia: 43308
Vulnerability Center: 25264 - [javacpumar2010-083341] Sun SDK, JRE and JDK Remote Java Runtime Environment Unspecified Vulnerability via Unknown Vectors, Medium

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/04/2026 11:58
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (63), 02/22/2017 10:58 (9), 09/06/2021 18:43 (4), 09/06/2021 18:52 (1), 05/17/2025 22:58 (15), 05/04/2026 11:58 (2)
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