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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2008-5352 json

Integer overflow in the JAR unpacking utility (unpack200) in the unpack library (unpack.dll) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK…

published 2008-12-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5329

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the JAR unpacking utility (unpack200) in the unpack library (unpack.dll) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier, and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, allows untrusted applications and applets to gain privileges via a Pack200 compressed JAR file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

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-1.5.0-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-2008:1018RHSA-2009:0016RHSA-2009:0015

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-2008-5352 updated

OpenJDK Jar200 Decompression buffer overflow (6755943)

  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.el4, +16 more 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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.el4, +16 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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.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, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.3-1jpp.1.el5, +18 more 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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.el4, +16 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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.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, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.3-1jpp.1.el5, +18 more 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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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, java-1.6.0-ibm-src 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.el4, +16 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2009:0016
  • 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

3.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

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.