Java Web Start vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product5 versions
The short answer

Java Web Start is made by Sun. We track 5 published vulnerabilities in it, across 5 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Java Web Start, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Java Web Start vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Java Web Start's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Java Web Start flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 10%

    Buffer overflow in the Sun Java Web Start ActiveX control in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.6.0_X allows remote attackers to have an unknown impact via a long argument to the dnsResolve (isInstalled.dnsResolve) method.

    CVSS10.0Published20 Sep 2007
  2. 10%

    The BasicService in Sun Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs on a client machine via a file:// URL argument to the showDocument method.

    CVSS10.0Published4 Nov 2008
  3. 4.6%

    X509TrustManager in (1) Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) in SDK and JRE 1.4.0 through 1.4.0_01, (2) JSSE before 1.0.3, (3) Java Plug-in SDK and JRE 1.3.0 through 1.4.1, and (4) Java Web Start 1.0 through 1.2...

    CVSS7.5Published31 Dec 2003
  4. 4.0%

    The Java Plug-in J2SE 1.3.0_02 through 5.0 Update 5, and Java Web Start 1.0 through 1.2 and J2SE 1.4.2 through 5.0 Update 5, allows remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities by specifying a JRE version that contain...

    CVSS5.0Published23 Aug 2006
  5. 1.8%

    Unknown vulnerability in Java web start 1.0.1_01, 1.0.1, 1.0 and 1.0.1.01 (HP-UX 11.x only) allows attackers to gain access to restricted resources via unknown attack vectors.

    CVSS7.5Published31 Dec 2002
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We track 5 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Java Web Start, across 5 versions.

None of Java Web Start's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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