Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

CVE-2008-5351

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier accepts UTF-8 encodings that are not the "shortest" form, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass protection mechanisms for other applications that rely on shortest-form UTF-8 encodings.

EPSS: 0.034 (87.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Sun Jdk — versions 5.0, 6
Sun Jre — versions 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3
Sun Sdk — versions 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Patch, x_refsource_SUNALERT, Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)