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CVE-2010-0843 json

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sound 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…

published 2010-04-01 16 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2010-0868

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sound 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. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is related to XNewPtr and improper handling of an integer parameter when allocating heap memory in the com.sun.media.sound libraries, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-demo RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0574RHSA-2010:0489RHSA-2010:0383RHSA-2010:0471RHSA-2010:0586RHSA-2010:0338

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2010-0843 updated cvss 7.5

JDK multiple unspecified vulnerabilities

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0574
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4.7.z Extras java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0338
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0574
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4.7.z Extras java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0338
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, +20 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.19-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13.5-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, +18 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0574
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el4 Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.8-1jpp.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0471
  • Red Hat RHEL 4 AS for SAP java-1.4.2-ibm-sap 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-src 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-demo 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-javacomm 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el4_8 Red Hat RHEL 5 Server for SAP java-1.4.2-ibm-sap 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-src 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-demo 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap-javacomm 1.4.2.13.5.sap-1jpp.1.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0586
  • Red Hat RHEL Supplementary (v. 5.2.Z server) java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el5 Red Hat RHEL Supplementary (v. 5.3.Z server) java-1.5.0-sun-uninstall 1.5.0.22-1jpp.3.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0338

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Exploit prediction

6.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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