CVE-2008-5359 — 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 Buffer6 documents6 sources
Severity
9.3CRITICALNVD
EPSS
35.1%
top 2.96%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
SUN JDKSUN JRESUN SDK
Timeline
PublishedDec 5
Latest updateMay 13

Description

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; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, related to a ConvolveOp operation in the Java AWT library.

CVSS vector

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

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDsun/jdk1.5.0, 1.6.0+1
▶NVDsun/jre44 versions+43
▶NVDsun/sdk49 versions+48

Patches

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

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-cq8v-6hvc-rjqq: Buffer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5↗2022-05-13
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CVEList
CVE-2008-5359: 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

2
Ubuntu
openjdk-6 vulnerabilities↗2009-01-27
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Red Hat
OpenJDK Buffer overflow in image processing (6726779)↗2008-12-04
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2008-5359 OpenJDK Buffer overflow in image processing (6726779)↗2008-11-19
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