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CVE-2008-1188

Date: March 6, 2008

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."

Severity Score

8.1

Related Resources (34)

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29582

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html

Url: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233323-1

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1188

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html

Url: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30676

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/32018

Url: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml

Url: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-009/

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41029

Url: http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html

Url: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html

Url: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

Url: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-010/

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29858

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178

Url: http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html

Url: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29239

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29498

Url: https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11209

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29897

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/30780

Url: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41133

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/29273

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019549

Url: http://secunia.com/advisories/31497

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html

Url: http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2008-1188

Severity Score

8.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	8.1
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	9.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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Date: March 6, 2008

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