Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14…

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka "The first two issues."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

12.5% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (32)

• APPLE-SA-2008-09-24 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 30676 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:018 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• 1019549 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-009/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 32018 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• javawebstart-application-priv-escalation(41029) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 29897 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29498 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200804-28 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 29239 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29858 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• TA08-066A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:025 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29582 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0770 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-010/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 31497 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 233323 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0210 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 30780 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-1856 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• javawebstart-multiple-unspecified-bo(41133) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11209 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• GLSA-200804-20 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• GLSA-200806-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0186 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 29273 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2008-1188](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2008-1188.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2008-1188)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 08:08 UTC.