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CVE-2008-5351

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and S

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for 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 accepts UTF-8 encodings that are not the "shortest" form, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass protection mechanisms for other applications that rely on shortest-form UTF-8 encodings.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.03276
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

7
sun jdk<= 5.0
sun jdk<= 6
sun jdkall versions
sun jre<= 1.4.2_18
sun jre<= 5.0
sun jre<= 6
sun jreall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD05 Dec 2008 · 11:30 AM
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Vendor Advisories

7
usnUSN-713-1
rhsaRHSA-2008:1018Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2009:0466Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2009:0445Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2009:0016Moderate
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References & Sources

37
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
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