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CVE-2010-4450

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4450 describes an unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) affecting Oracle Java SE and Java for Business versions 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.2_29 and earlier, specifically on Solaris and Linux operating systems. This flaw, related to the Launcher component, allows local standalone applications to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability. With a CVSS score of 3.7, it is considered low severity, requiring local access and high attack complexity, but could lead to partial compromise of all three security pillars. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_23:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.7LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 77th percentile among its peer group of 747 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (9)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.12.4-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.20.b17.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.39.b17.el6_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.12.4-1jpp.1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.12.4-1jpp.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4450Low

OpenJDK Launcher incorrect processing of empty library path entries (6983554)

Feb 15, 2011

References

dbhole.wordpress.com / 2011/02/15/icedtea-web-1-0-1-released
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054115.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054134.html
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/43350
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/65406
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12420
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14135
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2224
hitachi.co.jp / Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS11-003/index.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html
PatchVendor Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2011-304611.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0281.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2011-0282.html
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/46397