CVE-2008-3108
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-3108 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2008-07-09 23:41:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC |
| Description | Buffer overflow in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 10, SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_23 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to font processing. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
LowAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
CompleteIntegrity
CompleteAvailability
CompleteAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | - | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update1 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update10 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update2 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update3 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update4 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update5 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update6 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update7 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update7_b03 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update8 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 1.5.0 | update9 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_07 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_08 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_09 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.3.1_23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | - | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update1 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update10 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update2 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update3 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update4 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update5 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update6 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update7 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update8 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.5.0 | update9 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_01 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_01a | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_02 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_07 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_08 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_09 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_19 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_20 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_21 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_22 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.3.1_23 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_02 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_08 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_09 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_10 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_11 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_12 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_13 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_14 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_15 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_16 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_17 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_18 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_9 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-193A -- Sun Java Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.us-cert.gov | Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource |
| Red Hat Network Satellite Server Update for Sun Java / IBM Java Runtime - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| 504 Gateway Time-out | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: IBMJava 5 (SUSE-SA:2008: | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.nortel.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: IBM Java 5 (SUSE-SA:2008 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| ASA-2008-507 (RHSA-2008-1044) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | Third Party Advisory |
| SUSE update for Sun Java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | VDB Entry |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-bea - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| #238666: A Security Vulnerability with the processing of fonts in the Java Runtime Environment may allow Elevation of Privileges | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Broken Link |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| ASA-2008-300 (SUN 238666) | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.avaya.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Buffer Overflow in Processing Fonts Lets Remote Users Access Files and Gain Privileges on the Target System - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| SUSE update for IBMJava5-JRE and java-1_5_0-ibm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Mac OS X Java Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilites | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | Third Party Advisory |
| VMSA-2008-0016.2 - VMware | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vmware.com | Third Party Advisory |
| VMware VirtualCenter Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Gentoo updates for sun-jre-bin, sun-jdk, blackdown-jre, blackdown-jdk, and emul-linux-x86-java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat update for java-1.4.2-bea - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| 'VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Sun Java (SUSE-SA:2008:0 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-ibm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| Nortel: Technical Support: Nortel Response to Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.nortel.com | Third Party Advisory |
| VMware ESX Server Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.