CVE-2008-3107: sun jdk
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-3107 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 10, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1Timeline
- 09-07-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows 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 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.64%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
90%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.64% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard39 products
- openjdk-11-openj9< 0.59.0-r2
- openjdk-11-openj9-dbg< 0.59.0-r2
- openjdk-11-openj9-default-jdk< 0.59.0-r2
- openjdk-11-openj9-default-jvm< 0.59.0-r2
- openjdk-11-openj9-doc< 0.59.0-r2
Sun3 products
- jdk≤ 5.0 | ≤ 6 | 5.0:update_1 | 5.0:update_10 | 5.0:update_11 | 5.0:update_12 | 5.0:update_13 | 5.0:update_14 | 5.0:update_2 | 5.0:update_3 | 5.0:update_4 | 5.0:update_5 | 5.0:update_6 | 5.0:update_7 | 5.0:update_8 | 5.0:update_9 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5
- jre≤ 1.4.2_17 | ≤ 5.0 | ≤ 6 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_01 | 1.4.2_02 | 1.4.2_03 | 1.4.2_3 | 1.4.2_04 | 1.4.2_05 | 1.4.2_06 | 1.4.2_07 | 1.4.2_8 | 1.4.2_9 | 1.4.2_10 | 1.4.2_11 | 1.4.2_12 | 1.4.2_13 | 1.4.2_14 | 1.4.2_15 | 1.4.2_16 | 5.0:update_1 | 5.0:update_10 | 5.0:update_11 | 5.0:update_12 | 5.0:update_13 | 5.0:update_14 | 5.0:update_2 | 5.0:update_3 | 5.0:update_4 | 5.0:update_5 | 5.0:update_6 | 5.0:update_7 | 5.0:update_8 | 5.0:update_9 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5
- sdk≤ 1.4.2_17 | 1.4.2_02 | 1.4.2_03 | 1.4.2_04 | 1.4.2_05 | 1.4.2_06 | 1.4.2_07 | 1.4.2_08 | 1.4.2_09 | 1.4.2_10 | 1.4.2_11 | 1.4.2_12 | 1.4.2_13 | 1.4.2_14 | 1.4.2_15 | 1.4.2_16
2 vendors · 42 products
References
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- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.htmlX Refsource CONFIRM
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3178X Refsource CONFIRM
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10219VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- support.apple.com/kb/HT3179X Refsource CONFIRM