CVE-2008-5357

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 10.0% 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-189

Description

Integer 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; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TrueType font file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Sun Jdk: 1.5.0, 1.5.0-update1, 1.5.0-update10, 1.5.0-update2, 1.5.0-update3, 1.5.0-update4 (+13)
Sun Jre: 1.3.1, 1.3.1_2, 1.3.1_03, 1.3.1_04, 1.3.1_05, 1.3.1_06 (+54)
Sun Sdk: 1.3.1, 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_01a, 1.3.1_02, 1.3.1_03, 1.3.1_04 (+43)

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=760
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/50517
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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