CVE-2006-2426
N/A
Published: May 17, 2006 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:24 PM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorJREJDKSDK
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 13%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (25)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/20132Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
Source: [email protected]
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/909Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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