Is CVE-2008-3112 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2008-3112 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2008-3112?

CVE-2008-3112 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2008-3112?

CVE-2008-3112 has an EPSS score of 25.73% (98th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2008-3112

HIGHEPSS 98th pctl

10.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via the writeManifest method in the CacheEntry class, aka CR 6703909.

CWE-264

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

25.73%probability of exploitation in 30 days

98thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 98% of all known CVEs.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0955.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010
http://secunia.com/advisories/31055
http://secunia.com/advisories/31320
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497
http://secunia.com/advisories/31600
http://secunia.com/advisories/31736
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
http://secunia.com/advisories/32436
http://secunia.com/advisories/32826
http://secunia.com/advisories/33194
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238905-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0906.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30148
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020452
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-042/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43666
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11102

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.