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critical 10.0

CVE-2008-3111 json

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 b…

published 2008-07-09 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-3101

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.1 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0790RHSA-2008:0595RHSA-2008:0638RHSA-2008:0636

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2008-3111 updated

Java Web Start Buffer overflow vulnerabilities (6557220)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0790
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0638

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Exploit prediction

4.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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