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high 7.5

CVE-2008-5345 json

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and ear…

published 2008-12-05 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-5322

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.1%
EPSS 4.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; 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 and earlier allows code that is loaded from a local filesystem to read arbitrary files and make unauthorized connections to localhost via unknown vectors.

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-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-2008-5345 updated

JRE allows unauthorized file access and connections to localhost

  • 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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.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 1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.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

4.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% 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

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.