CVE-2007-3655

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.8)—💥 Exploit
Stack-based buffer overflow in javaws.exe in Sun Java Web Start in JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier, and 6.0 Update 1 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long codebase attribute in a JNLP file.
CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 6.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 12%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 96
Score date: 10/13/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
Published on Exploit-DB · Sun Java WebStart - JNLP Stack Buffer Overflow (PoC) (7/10/2007)
Published on Exploit-DB · Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.6 - Web Start '.JNLP' File Stack Buffer Overflow (7/9/2007)
Affected technologies (1)

SUN — JRE
CWEs

CWE-119
References

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