CVE-2008-5351

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 6
Modified
Published: 05 Dec 2008, 11:00
Last modified:07 Aug 2024, 10:49

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
3.28% LOW
3% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

05 Dec 2008, 11:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
07 Aug 2024, 10:49
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for 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 accepts UTF-8 encodings that are not the "shortest" form, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass protection mechanisms for other applications that rely on shortest-form UTF-8 encodings.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 3.28%• Percentile: 87%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • sun•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

  • sun•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

  • sun•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

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