CVE-2008-1189 in Java JRE

Summary

Buffer overflow in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-1188, aka the "third" issue.

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• Reservation: 03/06/2008
• Disclosure: 03/06/2008
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: VDB-3639 (1)
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-119 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.4
• EPSS: 0.31651
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1189
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1189
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2008-1189/