01 Record
CVE-2008-1196
Stack-based buffer overflow in Java Web Start (javaws.exe) in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier; allows remote attackers to
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in Java Web Start (javaws.exe) in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier; allows remote attackers to
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 7.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-03-06 21:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:08Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-03-06
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c77459b652d5c1362a25166aff2fe2ba8200c5642142fa084325866dc88f48d2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.apple.comAPPLE-SA-2008-09-24http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
- secunia.com30676http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0267http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:018http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#223028http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/223028
- secunia.com32018http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
- secunia.com31586http://secunia.com/advisories/31586
- download.novell.comhttp://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=q5exhSqeBjA~
- secunia.com29897http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
- secunia.com29498http://secunia.com/advisories/29498
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-28http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- secunia.com29239http://secunia.com/advisories/29239
- secunia.com29858http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- www.us-cert.govTA08-066Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2008:025http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
- secunia.com29582http://secunia.com/advisories/29582
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comsun-java-webstart-javaws-bo(41026)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41026
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-0770http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10412https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10412
- secunia.com31497http://secunia.com/advisories/31497
- sunsolve.sun.com233327http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233327-1
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0210http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html
- secunia.com31067http://secunia.com/advisories/31067
- support.novell.comhttp://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5033642.html
- secunia.com30780http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1856http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
- www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200804-20http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- www.gentoo.orgGLSA-200806-11http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- www.securitytracker.com1019552http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019552
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0186http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html
- support.apple.comhttp://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2008:0555http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0555.html
- secunia.com31580http://secunia.com/advisories/31580
- secunia.com29273http://secunia.com/advisories/29273