What is CVE-2008-5359?

CVE-2008-5359 is a vulnerability in Sun Jdk, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-12-05.

Is CVE-2008-5359 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Sun Jdk

CVE-2008-5359

Buffer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to a ConvolveOp operation in the Java AWT library.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2008-12-05 · last modified 2026-06-16.

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: 0.108 (95.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 95.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.108 · newest: 0.108 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Sun Jdk — versions 1.5.0, 1.6.0
Sun Jre — versions 1.3.1, 1.3.1_2, 1.3.1_03
Sun Sdk — versions 1.3.1, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

References

sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/34259 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672 (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/33015 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm (Third Party Advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/34889 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
secunia.com/advisories/34233 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2008-5359?: CVE-2008-5359 is a vulnerability in Sun Jdk, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. Published 2008-12-05.
Is CVE-2008-5359 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.