Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 10, 2009· Updated Apr 23, 2026

CVE-2009-1896

Description

The Java Web Start framework in IcedTea in OpenJDK before 1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 on Fedora 10, and before 1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 on Fedora 11, trusts an entire application when at least one of the listed jar files is trusted, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code without the untrusted-code restrictions via a crafted application, related to NetX.

Affected products

Sun Corporation/Openjdk
cpe:2.3:a:sun:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.6.0.0

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/36162nvdVendor Advisory
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.htmlnvd

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