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CVE-2008-0628
The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the…
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the "external general entities" property is false, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
18
- 29841 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0245 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 27553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- BEA08-201.00 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_BEAx_transferred
- 20080202 Sun JRE / JDK bug introduces XXE possibilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 28746 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 3621 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 29858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1252 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 30780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0371 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 231246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- GLSA-200806-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 1019292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-0638 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2008-0628)Record last updated .