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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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