7.5

CVE-2008-3109: sun jdk

Modified
AliasesCGA-27rh-4m48-vwv7CGA-2f7j-q34r-qhhqCGA-2qvh-hc2h-xh7f
Published 09-07-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-3109 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.56%
0%100%
Low · +0.07 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 2 · Related 1
RHSA-2008:0594RHSA-2008:0906CGA-JJRC-8CQJ-Q3M7

Timeline

  1. 09-07-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier 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 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.56%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.07 pp

From 3.50% 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.

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
Sun2 products
  • jdk≤ 6 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5
  • jre≤ 6 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5

2 vendors · 41 products

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