01 Record
CVE-2008-5358
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers memory corruption during display
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers memory corruption during display
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
- 7.49% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 94.4% 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
- 2008-12-05 11:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 10:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-12-04
- 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
- e202f0a80fec2fdcb3afbf7f4eecea638a52727d42d1afba9da48bbb42c0ab2b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- sunsolve.sun.com244987http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244987-1
- marc.infoSSRT090049http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SA:2009:018http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
- secunia.com34259http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-0672http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
- secunia.com34447http://secunia.com/advisories/34447
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2008:1018http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
- secunia.com33015http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
- secunia.com34233http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200911-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- www116.nortel.comhttp://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2009:0369http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html
- marc.infoSSRT080111http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
- secunia.com38539http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comjre-gif-images-privilege-escalation(47049)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47049
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SR:2009:006http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-3339http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
- labs.idefense.com20081204 Sun Java Web Start GIF Decoding Memory Corruption Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=758
- www.us-cert.govTA08-340Ahttp://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
- secunia.com33709http://secunia.com/advisories/33709
- support.nortel.comhttp://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
- secunia.com34605http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:6319https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6319
- secunia.com33187http://secunia.com/advisories/33187
- secunia.com32991http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
- support.avaya.comhttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-485.htm
- www.securityfocus.com32608http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608
- secunia.com37386http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- osvdb.org50515http://osvdb.org/50515