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Fencer Vulns
high 7.5

CVE-2008-5351 json

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…

published 2008-12-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5328

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.4%
EPSS 3.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • oracle jdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • oracle jre 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun java 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun java_se 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun jdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun jre 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • oracle openjdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • sun openjdk 1.7.0, 7.0.0
  • java-1.6.0-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-ibm-demo RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-ibm-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2009:0369RHSA-2009:0466RHSA-2008:1025RHSA-2009:0445RHSA-2008:1018RHSA-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-2008-5351 updated

OpenJDK UTF-8 decoder accepts non-shortest form sequences (4486841)

  • 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-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.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-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +22 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-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.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-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.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-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, +24 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-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.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-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +22 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.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-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5, +24 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-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.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-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, +22 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

3.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.