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CVE-2008-3111

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-3111 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities within Sun Java Web Start, affecting various versions of JDK, JRE, and SDK. These flaws allow untrusted applications to gain elevated privileges, such as reading/writing local files or executing programs, and can be triggered by specially crafted JNLP files with long java-vm-args attributes. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified, and community discussion is minimal, its high severity warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0427 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 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 (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4
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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
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5
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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-2008-3111Critical

Java Web Start Buffer overflow vulnerabilities (6557220)

Jul 8, 2008

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/31010
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31055
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31320
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31497
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31600
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/31736
secunia.com / advisories/32018
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32179
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32180
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37386
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/43664
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10541
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
Patch
support.apple.com / kb/HT3178
support.apple.com / kb/HT3179
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/494505/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/30148
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html
US Government Resource
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2056/references
Vendor Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2740
Vendor Advisory
zerodayinitiative.com / advisories/ZDI-08-043