CVE-2008-5356 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in JDK

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer5 documents5 sources

Severity

9.3CRITICALNVD

EPSS

14.6%

top 5.52%

CISA KEV

Not in KEV

Exploit

No known exploits

Affected products

SUN JDK SUN JRE SUN SDK

Timeline

PublishedDec 5

Latest updateMay 17

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 10.0

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDsun/jdk5.0+3

▶NVDsun/jre1.4.2_18+21

▶NVDsun/sdk1.4.2_18+17

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

GHSA

GHSA-xq7j-r54v-pxq6: Heap-based buffer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5↗2022-05-17

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CVEList

CVE-2008-5356: Heap-based buffer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5↗2008-12-05

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📋Vendor Advisories

Red Hat

OpenJDK Font processing vulnerability (6733336)↗2008-12-04

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💬Community

Bugzilla

CVE-2008-5356 OpenJDK Font processing vulnerability (6733336)↗2008-11-19

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