What is CVE-2010-4476?

CVE-2010-4476 is a vulnerability in Sun Jdk. Published 2011-02-17.

Is CVE-2010-4476 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

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.

Published 2011-02-17 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.235 (97.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-31.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.235 · newest: 0.235 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sun Jdk — versions 1.6.0, 1.5.0
Sun Jre — versions 1.6.0, 1.5.0, 1.4.2
Sun Sdk — versions 1.4.2, 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_02

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

secunia.com/advisories/43295 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
www.hitachi.co.jp/Prod/comp/soft1/global/security/info/vuls/HS11-003/index.html
secunia.com/advisories/43280 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0210.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2011-301950.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml (vendor-advisory)
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:14328 (signature, vdb-entry)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory)
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053926.html (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2010-4476?: CVE-2010-4476 is a vulnerability in Sun Jdk. Published 2011-02-17.
Is CVE-2010-4476 known to be exploited?: 6 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.