CVE-2008-1188
9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.9 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.546 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.7%
Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka “The first two issues.”
Affected configurations
References
lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
secunia.com/advisories/29239
secunia.com/advisories/29273
secunia.com/advisories/29498
secunia.com/advisories/29582
secunia.com/advisories/29858
secunia.com/advisories/29897
secunia.com/advisories/30676
secunia.com/advisories/30780
secunia.com/advisories/31497
secunia.com/advisories/32018
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233323-1
support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html
www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html
www.securitytracker.com/id?1019549
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-009/
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-010/
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41029
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41133
oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11209
Related
9.3 High
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.9 High
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.546 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.7%