CVE-2009-3879

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the (1) X11 and (2) Win32GraphicsDevice subsystems in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, have unknown impact and attack vectors, related to failure to clone arrays that are returned by the getConfigurations function, aka Bug Id 6822057.

Published: 2009-11-09 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-3879 is rated Moderate Risk (45.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.23%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-3879

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-29 0.26% 0.23% -0.03%
2 2025-07-29 0.23% 0.26% +0.03%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-3879

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-3879

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-3879

vendor priority summary link
gentoo normal CVE-2009-3879: 1 GLSA(s) (200911-02), 5 atom(s) (app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java, dev-java/blackdown-jdk, dev-java/blackdown-jre, dev-java/sun-jdk, dev-java/sun-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-3879
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-3879
ubuntu low CVE-2009-3879 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (openjdk-6, sun-java5, sun-java6), 24 status rows across 8 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, upstream): released 11, DNE 5, ignored 4, not-affected 4. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-3879

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-3879

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun jre <= 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre <= 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_17:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_19:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_20:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun openjdk — cpe:2.3:a:sun:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-3879

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