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CVE-2008-3108

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3108 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability within the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) affecting JDK, JRE, and SDK versions 5.0 prior to Update 10, 1.4.x prior to 1.4.2_18, and 1.3.x prior to 1.3.1_23. This flaw, related to font processing, allows unauthenticated, context-dependent attackers to achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with a CVSS score of 10.0. Despite its maximum severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1_2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1_2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1_03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1_03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1_04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1_04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.3.1_05CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.3.1_05:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0461 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-3108Critical

Security Vulnerability with JRE fonts processing may allow Elevation of Privileges (6450319)

Jul 8, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31010
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31320
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31497
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31600
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31736
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32018
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32179
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32180
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33236
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33237
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37386
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43656
VDB Entry
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Broken Link
support.apple.com / kb/HT3178
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
Third Party Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-300.htm
Third Party Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-507.htm
Third Party Advisory
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
Third Party Advisory
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1043.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-1044.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/30147
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2056/references
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2740
Third Party Advisory