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CVE-2008-5359

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…

High9.3EPSS 10.8%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
mitre

Description

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.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2008-5359, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified2.0High9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
10.8% · top 4.2% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

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

Weakness

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