FPUpdater Tool

The FPUpdater tool allows you to update installed Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) software to address the hang that occurs when parsing strings like "2.2250738585072012e-308" to a binary floating point number, as described in Security Alert for CVE-2010-4476 Released.

The FPUpdater tool is recommended for the following Oracle JRE releases:

J2SE 1.4.2 - Required for updates prior to, and including, 1.4.2_29 J2SE 5.0 - Required for updates prior to, and including, 5.0u27 J2SE for Embedded 5.0 - Required for updates prior to, and including, 5.0u27 Java SE 6 - Required for updates prior to, and including, 6u23 Java SE for Embedded 6 - Required for updates prior to, and including, 6u23 Java Real-Time System 2 - Required for updates prior to, and including, 2.2u1 JRockit R27 - Required for updates prior to, and including, R27.6.8 JRockit R28 - Required for updates prior to, and including, R28.1.1

FPUpdater Tool will change the JRE/JDK software instance used for executing the tool.