CVE-2008-5358

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% 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

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 of the splash screen, possibly related to splashscreen.dll.

Affected products

Sun Jdk: through 6; 6, 6-update_1, 6-update_2, 6-update_3, 6-update_4, 6-update_5 (+3)
Sun Jre: through 6; 6, 6-update_1, 6-update_2, 6-update_3, 6-update_4, 6-update_5 (+3)

References

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=758
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
http://osvdb.org/50515
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
http://secunia.com/advisories/33187
http://secunia.com/advisories/33709
http://secunia.com/advisories/34233

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