CVE-2008-3111
Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated by (a) an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files, (2) write to local files, or (3) execute local programs; and as demonstrated by (b) a long value associated with a java-vm-args attribute in a j2se tag in a JNLP file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the GetVMArgsOption function; aka CR 6557220.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 4.27% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-119
- Affected
- sun/jdk · sun/jre · sun/sdk
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31010Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31055Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31320Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31497Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31600Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31736
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32179Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32180Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238905-1Patch
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494505/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30148
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020452
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/referencesVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740Vendor Advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-043/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.