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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2008-1187 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.…

published 2008-03-06 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-1196

cvss
6.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.4%
EPSS 5.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JRE crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to XSLT transforms.

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 network satellite 5.1 1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm-demo RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3

red hat advisories RHSA-2008:0638RHSA-2008:0555RHSA-2008:0244RHSA-2008:0243RHSA-2008:0267RHSA-2008:0210

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-2008-1187 updated

Untrusted applet and application XSLT processing privilege escalation

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0243
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0555
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0243
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0555
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.1-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.6.0-bea 1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0243
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0555
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.6.0-ibm 1.6.0.1-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-bea 1.5.0.14-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5, +34 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0243
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-src 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.11-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-ibm-demo 1.5.0.7-1jpp.2.el4, +11 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0555
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  • Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) java-1.5.0-ibm 1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0638

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Exploit prediction

5.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/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.