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CVE-2008-0628

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0628 describes an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and Java Development Kit (JDK) 6 Update 3 and earlier. The flaw allows remote attackers to conduct XXE attacks, leading to denial of service or access to restricted resources, even when external entity processing is explicitly disabled. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating high severity due to its network-based attack vector, medium complexity, and high impact on availability and partial impact on integrity. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.8HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
7.8
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0343 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-bea-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-0628Low

java-1.6.0 default external entity processing

Jan 31, 2008

References

dev2dev.bea.com / pub/advisory/277
scary.beasts.org / security/CESA-2007-002.html
secunia.com / advisories/28746
PatchVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/29841
secunia.com / advisories/29858
secunia.com / advisories/30780
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
securityreason.com / securityalert/3621
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9847
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
gentoo.org / security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/27553
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0371
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/1252