CVE-2008-3108

Summary

CVECVE-2008-3108
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-09 23:41:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 10 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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
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