Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 17, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-2426
CVE-2006-2426
Description
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:sun:sdk:1.5.0_6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: <=1.5.0_6
Patches
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References
25- www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.htmlnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/20132nvdVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/20457nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34489nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34495nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34496nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34632nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/34675nvd
- securityreason.com/securityalert/909nvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htmnvd
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htmnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.htmlnvd
- www.osvdb.org/25561nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.htmlnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434001/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/17981nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-748-1nvd
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1824nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26493nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10609nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.htmlnvd
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