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CVE-2007-3655

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-3655 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start (javaws.exe) within JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long codebase attribute in a JNLP file. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, with a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog or Hot List, proof-of-concept exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4168 · Jul 10, 2007
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1227 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.5-1jpp.0.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-3655Moderate

A buffer overflow vulnerability in Java Web Start URL parsing code

Jul 10, 2007

References

docs.info.apple.com / article.html
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-July/064552.html
osvdb.org / 37756
research.eeye.com / html/advisories/published/AD20070705.html
secunia.com / advisories/25981
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26314
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26369
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27266
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28115
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29858
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/30780
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/2874
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/35320
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11367
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
exploit-db.com / exploits/30284
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_56_ibmjava.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0818.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0829.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/473224/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/473356/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/24832
Exploit
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2477
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4224
Vendor Advisory