CVE-2008-1188

Sun JDK/JRE 6<4 & 5.0<14 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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."

References (32)

Core 32
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019549
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-009/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41029
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29498
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29239
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29582
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-010/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497
Patch, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sunalert
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233323-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41133
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/29273

Scores

EPSS 0.3149
EPSS Percentile 96.9%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (4)
sun/jdk 1.5.0 (15 CPE variants)
sun/jdk 1.6.0 (3 CPE variants)
sun/jre 1.5.0 (15 CPE variants)
sun/jre 1.6.0 (5 CPE variants)
Published Mar 06, 2008
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026