CVE-2010-4476

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.

Affected products

Hp-Ux, Java Platform, Java Runtime Environment, Red Hat

Sun Jre

≤ 1.6.0

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

5.0 MEDIUM

EPSS

23.5% (98th percentile)

NVD status

Modified

Published

2011-02-17