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CVE-2008-5349

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5349 describes an unspecified vulnerability in Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 10 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 16 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by causing high CPU consumption through a specially crafted RSA public key. With a CVSS score of 7.1, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring medium attack complexity but leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0399 is in the 52nd 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 (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.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-0:1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.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: RHEL 4 for SAPFixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el4_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: RHEL 5 for SAPFixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.2.sap-1jpp.4.el5_3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.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
View patch
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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13.1-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5349Moderate

OpenJDK RSA public key length denial-of-service (6497740)

Dec 3, 2008

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
osvdb.org / 50504
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
secunia.com / advisories/32991
secunia.com / advisories/33015
secunia.com / advisories/33709
secunia.com / advisories/34259
secunia.com / advisories/34972
secunia.com / advisories/35255
secunia.com / advisories/37386
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47064
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5843
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-491.htm
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
www116.nortel.com / pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504010/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/32608
securitytracker.com / id
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3339
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1426