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CVE-2008-5358

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5358 describes a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted GIF file, potentially during the display of a splash screen. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but granting complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. Despite its age and high severity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:6:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0743 is in the 71st percentile among its peer group of 8,918 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 (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el4
View patch
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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.4-1jpp.1.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5358Critical

OpenJDK Buffer Overflow in GIF image processing (6766136)

Dec 4, 2008

References

labs.idefense.com / intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
marc.info
marc.info
osvdb.org / 50515
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
secunia.com / advisories/32991
secunia.com / advisories/33015
secunia.com / advisories/33187
secunia.com / advisories/33709
secunia.com / advisories/34233
secunia.com / advisories/34259
secunia.com / advisories/34447
secunia.com / advisories/34605
secunia.com / advisories/37386
secunia.com / advisories/38539
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/47049
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6319
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-485.htm
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
www116.nortel.com / pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html
securityfocus.com / bid/32608
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3339
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0672