CVE-2008-4541
Heap-based buffer overflow in the FTP subsystem in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0 through 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP GET request.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the FTP subsystem in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0 through 4.0.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP GET request.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 8.44% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- sun/java system web proxy server
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32227Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021038
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242986-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31691
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2781Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45782
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32227Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021038
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-242986-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31691
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2781Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45782
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.