CVE-2010-4476

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-02-17
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The Double.parseDouble method in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.2_29 and earlier, as used in OpenJDK, Apache, JBossweb, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted string that triggers an infinite loop of estimations during conversion to a double-precision binary floating-point number, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072012e-308.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	5.0
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Low
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2011-0214	2011-02-11
Oracle Linux version 5 (tomcat5)	ELSA-2011-0336	2011-03-09
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2011-0214	2011-02-11
Oracle Linux version 6 (tomcat6)	ELSA-2011-0335	2011-03-09