Buffer overflow in Sun Jdk

CVE-2008-1188

Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka "The first two issues."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.125 (95.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Sun Jdk — versions 1.5.0, 1.6.0
  • Sun Jre — versions 1.5.0, 1.6.0
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)