CVE-2008-5359

Summary

CVECVE-2008-5359
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-05 11:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionBuffer 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 All 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 Jdk 1.6.0 All All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_10 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.6.0 update_7 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 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 update11 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update12 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update13 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update14 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update15 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update16 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update2 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 All All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_10 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_6 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

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