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CVE-2008-5343
Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE…
- 9.0HighCVSS base score
- 5.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 allows remote attackers to make unauthorized network connections and hijack HTTP sessions via a crafted file that validates as both a GIF and a Java JAR file, aka "GIFAR" and CR 6707535.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
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 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
35
- SSRT090049 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 32892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0672 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 34447 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:1018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 33015 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34889 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 34233 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200911-02 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-486.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0369 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2009:007 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SSRT080111 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- 38539 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35065 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0424 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2008:1025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://xs-sniper.com/blog/2008/12/17/sun-fixes-gifars/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-3339 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0445 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2009:0016 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- TA08-340A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid= (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 34605 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:010 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 50512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 32991 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 244988 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
- 37386 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33710 (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-2008-5320 (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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