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CVE-2008-5346

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5346 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK versions 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, 1.4.2_18 and earlier, and 1.3.1_23 or earlier. This flaw allows untrusted applets and applications to read arbitrary memory by processing a specially crafted ZIP file. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector and high confidentiality impact, though it requires medium attack complexity. Despite its age and severity, 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
1.3.1CPE 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

7.1HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0281 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (8)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.2Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5346Important

JRE allows unauthorized memory read access via a crafted ZIP file

Dec 4, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
osvdb.org / 50507
Broken Link
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/32991
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33015
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33710
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34605
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34889
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34972
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35065
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37386
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6629
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
Third Party Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
Third Party Advisory
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
Third Party Advisory
www116.nortel.com / pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3339
Third Party Advisory