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CVE-2010-4469

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2010-4469 is 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. This critical flaw, with a CVSS score of 10.0, allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and applets to compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability through unknown vectors related to HotSpot. While Oracle has not confirmed details, a downstream vendor suggests it involves heap corruption related to the Verifier. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this 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

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0292 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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)

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
View patch
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: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.24-1jpp.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2010-4469Important

OpenJDK Hotspot verifier heap corruption (6878713)

Feb 15, 2011

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054115.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/054134.html
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/43350
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/49198
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/65399
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12833
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A13639
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/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/46400