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Oracle Java readImage Heap Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

2016-01-2500:00:00
Anonymous
www.zerodayinitiative.com
33

0.049 Low

EPSS

Percentile

92.8%

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Oracle Java. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of image data. The issue lies in insufficient validation of supplied image data inside the native function readImage. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.