What is CVE-2007-2788?

CVE-2007-2788 is a vulnerability in Sun Jdk, classified under CWE-189. Published 2007-05-22.

Is CVE-2007-2788 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

CVE-2007-2788

Integer overflow in the embedded ICC profile image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (JVM crash) via a crafted JPEG or BMP file that triggers a buffer overflow.

Published 2007-05-22 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.182 (97.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.182 · newest: 0.182 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sun Jdk — versions 1.5.0, 1.6.0
Sun Jre — versions 1.3.1, 1.3.1_2, 1.3.1_03
Sun Sdk — versions 1.3.1, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-189

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

secunia.com/advisories/26933 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
docs.info.apple.com/article.html (Broken Link)
lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000003.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/26049 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/26311 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001696.html (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34652 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2007-2788?: CVE-2007-2788 is a vulnerability in Sun Jdk, classified under CWE-189. Published 2007-05-22.
Is CVE-2007-2788 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.