CVE-2008-5351

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 accepts UTF-8 encodings that are not the "shortest" form, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass protection mechanisms for other applications that rely on shortest-form UTF-8 encodings.

Affected products

Hp-Ux, Jdk, Java Platform, Java Runtime Environment, Sdk

Sun Jdk

≤ 5.0, 6

Sun Jre

≤ 1.4.2_18, 5.0, 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, 1.4.2_7, 1.4.2_8, 1.4.2_9, 1.4.2_10, 1.4.2_11, 1.4.2_12, 1.4.2_13, 1.4.2_14, 1.4.2_15, 1.4.2_16, 1.4.2_17

Sun Sdk

≤ 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, 1.4.2_7, 1.4.2_8, 1.4.2_9, 1.4.2_10, 1.4.2_11, 1.4.2_12, 1.4.2_13, 1.4.2_14, 1.4.2_15, 1.4.2_16, 1.4.2_17

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

7.5 HIGH

EPSS

3.4% (88th percentile)

Weakness

CWE-264

NVD status

Modified

Published

2008-12-05