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CVE-2008-0657: sun jdk

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2008:0123
Published 07-02-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-0657 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 10, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
10.0/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.84%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3
RHSA-2008:0156RHSA-2008:0210RHSA-2008:0638

Timeline

  1. 07-02-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.84% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat6 products
  • java-1.5.0-sun< 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el4 | < 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-demo< 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el4 | < 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-devel< 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el4 | < 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc< 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el4 | < 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-plugin< 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el4 | < 0:1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5
Sun2 products
  • jdk≤ 5.0_update13
  • jre≤ 1.5.0 | ≤ 1.6.0

2 vendors · 8 products

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