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CVE-2007-5240

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5240 is a visual truncation vulnerability in various versions of Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK. It allows remote attackers to bypass the untrusted-code warning banner by creating an oversized window, potentially tricking users into executing malicious code. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with network access, low complexity, and a potential impact on integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0296 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,705 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (10)

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-0:1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.6-1jpp.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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.13-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.6-1jpp.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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-bea-0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5240Moderate

Applets or Applications are allowed to display an oversized window

Oct 3, 2007

References

dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/272
download.novell.com / Download
h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
secunia.com / advisories/27206
secunia.com / advisories/27261
secunia.com / advisories/27693
secunia.com / advisories/27716
secunia.com / advisories/27804
secunia.com / advisories/28777
secunia.com / advisories/28880
secunia.com / advisories/29042
secunia.com / advisories/29214
secunia.com / advisories/29340
secunia.com / advisories/29858
secunia.com / advisories/29897
secunia.com / advisories/30676
secunia.com / advisories/30780
secunia.com / advisories/31580
secunia.com / advisories/31586
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/36942
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10783
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
support.novell.com / docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5033642.html
support.novell.com / techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/25918
securitytracker.com / id
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3895
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0609
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1856/references