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Vulnerability record · CVE-2008-5357 · published 5 December 2008

CVE-2008-5357: Sun jre vulnerability

Sun · Jre

Integer 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 via a crafted TrueType font file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

9.3 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 10% · top 4.5% CWE-189 · CWE-189
9.3CVSS 2.0 base score
10%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
3Affected product versions listed by NVD
74References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Integer 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 via a crafted TrueType font file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

3 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=760 PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2 Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://osvdb.org/50517 Broken Link
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33187 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33710 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34233 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34447 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34605 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34972 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38539 Third Party Advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml Third Party Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244987-1 PatchVendor Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-485.htm Third Party Advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm Third Party Advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid= Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339 Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672 Third Party Advisory
http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47050 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6505 Third Party Advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html Third Party Advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=760 PatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2008-5357), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.