CVE-2008-5359
HIGHEPSS 95th pctlDescription
Buffer 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.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33187
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33709
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33710
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244987-1
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-485.htm
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-080/
- http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47048
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5841
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
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