CVE DATABASE / CVE-2010-4476
CVE-2010-4476
CVSS 5 · MEDIUM
Summary
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.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 5 (MEDIUM) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity | NONE |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Affected products
Sun jreSun jdkSun sdk
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References
- http://blog.fortify.com/blog/2011/02/08/Double-Trouble
- http://blogs.oracle.com/security/2011/02/security_alert_for_cve-2010-44.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053926.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053934.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00010.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129899347607632&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129960314701922&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130168502603566&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130270785502599&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497132406206&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130497185606818&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=130514352726432&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131041767210772&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132215163318824&w=2
Data: NIST NVD. NVD last modified 2026-04-29. Always verify against the vendor advisory before acting.