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high 7.1

CVE-2008-5346 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier…

published 2008-12-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5323

cvss
7.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 or earlier allows untrusted applets and applications to read arbitrary memory via a crafted ZIP file.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.2 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
  • java-1.5.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.2 1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.5.0-sun-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.5.0-sun-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0466RHSA-2008:1025RHSA-2009:0445RHSA-2009:0016

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-2008-5346 updated

JRE allows unauthorized memory read access via a crafted ZIP file

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
    +4 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +11 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0445
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4 Red Hat Satellite 5.2 (RHEL v.5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0466

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Exploit prediction

2.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.1 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.