CVE-2008-3111 — Improper Input Validation in JDK

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources
Severity
10.0CRITICALNVD
EPSS
13.4%
top 5.80%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
SUN JDKSUN JRESUN SDK
Timeline
PublishedJul 9
Latest updateMay 1

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated by (a) an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files, (2) write to local files, or (3) execute local programs; and as demonstrated by (b) a long value associated with a java-vm-args attribute in a j2se tag in a JNLP file, wh…

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDsun/jdk5.0, 6+1
▶NVDsun/jre20 versions+19
▶NVDsun/sdk19 versions+18

Patches

Patch: sunsolve.sun.com ↗Patch: sunsolve.sun.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-984m-qj9q-3464: Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2008-3111: Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5↗2008-07-09
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Red Hat
Java Web Start Buffer overflow vulnerabilities (6557220)↗2008-07-08
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-3111 Java Web Start Buffer overflow vulnerabilities (6557220)↗2008-07-09
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