CVE-2008-3115

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-07-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.

Affected products

Sun Jdk: through 6; 5.0-update_10, 5.0-update_11, 5.0-update_12, 5.0-update_13, 5.0-update_14, 5.0-update_15 (+9)
Sun Jre: through 6; 5.0-update_10, 5.0-update_11, 5.0-update_12, 5.0-update_13, 5.0-update_14, 5.0-update_15 (+9)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010
http://secunia.com/advisories/31600
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238966-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178

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