CVE-2009-2720 (GCVE-0-2009-2720)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-10 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:59
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Unspecified vulnerability in the javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthContext.isSubregion method in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (NullPointerException in the Jemmy library) via unknown vectors.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
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| http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100… | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN |
Date Public
2009-08-04 00:00
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