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CVE-2007-3698

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-3698 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK versions when using the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) for SSL/TLS. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending specific SSL/TLS handshake requests, leading to high CPU consumption on the vulnerable system. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without authentication, resulting in a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update7:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update8:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update9:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.82%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0382 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-bea-0:1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-3698Moderate

Java Secure Socket Extension Does Not Correctly Process SSL/TLS Handshake Requests Resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition

Jul 10, 2007

References

dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/249
docs.info.apple.com / article.html
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.apple.com / archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
osvdb.org / 36663
secunia.com / advisories/26015
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26221
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26314
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26631
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26645
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/26933
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27203
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27635
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27716
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28056
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28115
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28777
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/28880
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29340
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29897
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/35333
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10634
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
cisco.com / en/US/products/products_security_response09186a008088bd19.html
Vendor Advisory
cisco.com / warp/public/707/cisco-sr-20070725-jsse.shtml
Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xml
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0818.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1086.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html
Patch
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/24846
Patch
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2495
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/2660
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3009
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3861
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/4224
Vendor Advisory