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CVE-2009-3879

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-3879 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the X11 and Win32GraphicsDevice subsystems of Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22, 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, stemming from a failure to properly clone arrays returned by the getConfigurations function. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating a high severity with network-based attacks requiring low complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0234 is in the 68th 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 (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-3879Low

OpenJDK GraphicsConfiguration information leak(6822057)

Nov 3, 2009

References

java.sun.com / j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
Vendor Advisory
java.sun.com / javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/37386
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7545
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9568
mandriva.com / security/advisories