VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2008-1189
Buffer overflow in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-1188, aka the…
MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 7.19%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.19%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Buffer overflow in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-1188, aka the "third" issue.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 7.19% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- sun/jdk · sun/jre · sun/sdk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29239Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29273Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29498Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29582Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29897Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31497Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018Third Party Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233323-1Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178Third Party Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179Third Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019549Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.htmlThird Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/referencesThird Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/referencesThird Party Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41029Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41133Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41135Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.