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CVE-2006-2426

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 12.69%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2006-05-17 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.4. It affects Java. Its EPSS score suggests a 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

CVE
CVE-2006-2426
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
12.69%
Java

Original NVD Description

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.