CVE-2008-5352: sun jdk Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-5352 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 3.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 9.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 1Timeline
- 05-12-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in the JAR unpacking utility (unpack200) in the unpack library (unpack.dll) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier, and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, allows untrusted applications and applets to gain privileges via a Pack200 compressed JAR file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
3.06%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.06% 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
Sun2 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 | 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
- jre≤ 5.0 | ≤ 6 | 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 | 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
2 vendors · 41 products
References
27 links- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htmX Refsource CONFIRM
- www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdfX Refsource CONFIRM
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- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.htmlThird Party AdvisoryX Refsource CERTUS Government Resource
- support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=X Refsource CONFIRM
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=759Third Party AdvisoryX Refsource IDEFENSE
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6383VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL