CVE-2008-5357: sun jdk Numeric Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2008-5357 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Numeric Errors vulnerability in sun jdk. EPSS estimates a 10.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 5Timeline
- 05-12-2008PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Integer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
10.02%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
96%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 10.02% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Sun3 products
- jdk1.5.0 | 1.5.0:update1 | 1.5.0:update10 | 1.5.0:update2 | 1.5.0:update3 | 1.5.0:update4 | 1.5.0:update5 | 1.5.0:update6 | 1.5.0:update7 | 1.5.0:update7_b03 | 1.5.0:update8 | 1.5.0:update9 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.0:update_10 | 1.6.0:update_3 | 1.6.0:update_4 | 1.6.0:update_5 | 1.6.0:update_6 | 1.6.0:update_7
- jre1.3.1 | 1.3.1_2 | 1.3.1_03 | 1.3.1_04 | 1.3.1_05 | 1.3.1_06 | 1.3.1_07 | 1.3.1_08 | 1.3.1_09 | 1.3.1_10 | 1.3.1_11 | 1.3.1_12 | 1.3.1_13 | 1.3.1_14 | 1.3.1_15 | 1.3.1_16 | 1.3.1_17 | 1.3.1_18 | 1.3.1_19 | 1.3.1_20 | 1.3.1_21 | 1.3.1_22 | 1.3.1_23 | 1.4.2 | 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 | 1.4.2_18 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0:update1 | 1.5.0:update10 | 1.5.0:update11 | 1.5.0:update12 | 1.5.0:update13 | 1.5.0:update14 | 1.5.0:update15 | 1.5.0:update16 | 1.5.0:update2 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.0:update_1 | 1.6.0:update_10 | 1.6.0:update_2 | 1.6.0:update_3 | 1.6.0:update_4 | 1.6.0:update_5 | 1.6.0:update_6
- sdk1.3.1 | 1.3.1_01 | 1.3.1_01a | 1.3.1_02 | 1.3.1_03 | 1.3.1_04 | 1.3.1_05 | 1.3.1_06 | 1.3.1_07 | 1.3.1_08 | 1.3.1_09 | 1.3.1_10 | 1.3.1_11 | 1.3.1_12 | 1.3.1_13 | 1.3.1_14 | 1.3.1_15 | 1.3.1_16 | 1.3.1_17 | 1.3.1_18 | 1.3.1_19 | 1.3.1_20 | 1.3.1_21 | 1.3.1_22 | 1.3.1_23 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_1 | 1.4.2_2 | 1.4.2_02 | 1.4.2_03 | 1.4.2_3 | 1.4.2_04 | 1.4.2_4 | 1.4.2_5 | 1.4.2_6 | 1.4.2_7 | 1.4.2_8 | 1.4.2_08 | 1.4.2_09 | 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 | 1.4.2_18
1 vendor · 3 products
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