THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-5357
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2008-5357

Jre vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
10.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Integer 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 via a crafted TrueType font file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Sun
Affected product
Jre
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-12-05

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 10.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-5357

  • Confirm whether Sun Jre is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-5357.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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