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CVE-2008-1188
Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 12.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka "The first two issues."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 16 years later
· 16 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.5% · top 3.7% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References32
- APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 30676 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 1019549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-009/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 32018 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- javawebstart-application-priv-escalation(41029) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 29897 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29498 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200804-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 29239 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- TA08-066A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29582 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-010/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 31497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 233323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:0210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 30780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2008-1856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- javawebstart-multiple-unspecified-bo(41133) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_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
- RHSA-2008:0186 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29273 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2008-1197 (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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