VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-1188

CVSS score9.3 HIGH
EPSS probability12.48%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-03-06
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka "The first two issues."

Weakness classification

  • CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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