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CVE-2008-5340: sun jdk

Modified
AliasesCGA-2c2f-qjrq-mxhrCGA-2gqx-gwpx-989gCGA-35q8-p6q9-2pvm
Published 05-12-2008Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5340 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.8% 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
3.75%
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 5 · Related 1
RHSA-2008:1018RHSA-2008:1025RHSA-2009:0016RHSA-2009:0369RHSA-2009:0445CGA-8C5W-PF6R-WXMJ

Timeline

  1. 05-12-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 allows untrusted JWS applications to gain privileges to access local files or applications via unknown vectors, aka 6727081.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.07 pp

From 3.68% 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
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_15 | 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 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5 | 6:update_6 | 6:update_7 | 6:update_8 | 6:update_9
  • jre≤ 1.4.2_18 | ≤ 5.0 | ≤ 6 | 1.4.2_1 | 1.4.2_2 | 1.4.2_3 | 1.4.2_4 | 1.4.2_5 | 1.4.2_6 | 1.4.2_7 | 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 | 1.4.2_17 | 5.0 | 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_15 | 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 | 6:update_1 | 6:update_2 | 6:update_3 | 6:update_4 | 6:update_5 | 6:update_6 | 6:update_7 | 6:update_8 | 6:update_9
  • sdk≤ 1.4.2_18 | 1.4.2_1 | 1.4.2_2 | 1.4.2_3 | 1.4.2_4 | 1.4.2_5 | 1.4.2_6 | 1.4.2_7 | 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 | 1.4.2_17

2 vendors · 42 products

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