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CVE-2008-5356

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file.

Affected products

• Sun Jdk: through 5.0; through 6; 5.0-update_1, 5.0-update_10, 5.0-update_11, 5.0-update_12, 5.0-update_13, 5.0-update_14 (+19)
• Sun Jre: through 1.4.2_18; through 5.0; through 6; 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_4, 1.4.2_5, 1.4.2_6 (+37)
• Sun Sdk: through 1.4.2_18; 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_4, 1.4.2_5, 1.4.2_6 (+11)

References

• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=757
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
• http://osvdb.org/50516
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33015

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