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CVE-2009-0794

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0794 describes an integer overflow vulnerability in the PulseAudioTargetDataL class within Pulse-Java, affecting OpenJDK 1.6.0.0 and related products. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service, specifically an applet crash, through a specially crafted Pulse Audio source data line. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating it can be exploited over the network with low complexity to achieve partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:openjdk:1.6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.02%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0302 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0794Moderate

pulse-java integer overflow

Feb 11, 2009

References

mail.openjdk.java.net / pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2009-February/004729.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/34623
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50383
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00203.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-April/msg00204.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0965