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
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.125 (96.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.125 · newest: 0.125 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/30676 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-009/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/32018 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41029 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/29897 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29498 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)