A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Java Runtime Environment, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a buffer overflow error when parsing GIF images with a "width" property set to 0, which could be exploited by remote attackers to read and write local files on a vulnerable system or execute local applications by tricking a user into visiting a malicious web page containing a specially crafted applet.
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Vulnerability reported by Zero Day Initiative
ChangeLog
2007-01-17 : Initial release
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