CVE-2008-3111
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2008-3111 |
|---|---|
| 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 | Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated by (a) an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files, (2) write to local files, or (3) execute local programs; and as demonstrated by (b) a long value associated with a java-vm-args attribute in a j2se tag in a JNLP file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the GetVMArgsOption function; aka CR 6557220. |
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-20 | CWE-119 | n/a
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 | 5.0 | update_1 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_10 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_11 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_12 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_13 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_14 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_15 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_2 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_3 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_4 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_5 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_6 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_7 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_8 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 5.0 | update_9 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 6 | update_1 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 6 | update_2 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jdk | 6 | update_3 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_01 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_02 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_03 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_07 | 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_8 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 1.4.2_9 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_1 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_10 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_11 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_12 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_13 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_14 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_15 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_2 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_3 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_4 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_5 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_6 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_7 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_8 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 5.0 | update_9 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 6 | update_1 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 6 | update_2 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Jre | 6 | update_3 | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_01 | 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_05 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_06 | All | All | All |
| Application | Sun | Sdk | 1.4.2_07 | 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_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 |
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 | 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 | Vendor Advisory |
| Sun Java Web Start Multiple Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: IBMJava 5 (SUSE-SA:2008: | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Repository / Oval Repository | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | oval.cisecurity.org | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: IBM Java 5 (SUSE-SA:2008 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| SUSE update for Sun Java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| SecurityTracker.com Archives - Java Web Start Bugs Let Remote Users Gain Privileges on the Target System | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vupen.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Zero Day Initiative | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.zerodayinitiative.com | |
| SUSE update for IBMJava5-JRE and java-1_5_0-ibm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | |
| Mac OS X Java Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| Support | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.redhat.com | |
| Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilites | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| VMSA-2008-0016.2 - VMware | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.vmware.com | |
| VMware VirtualCenter Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor 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 | Vendor Advisory |
| 'VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and' - MARC | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | marc.info | |
| IBM X-Force Exchange | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com | |
| APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.apple.com | |
| Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-sun - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | support.apple.com | |
| [security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Sun Java (SUSE-SA:2008:0 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-ibm - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| VMware ESX Server Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | secunia.com | Vendor Advisory |
| #238905: Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in Java Web Start may allow Privileges to be Elevated | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | sunsolve.sun.com | Patch |
| 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.