CVE-2008-5343

highpriority · track · 38EPSS 0.051 · 92 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

5.09% (92nd) EPSS

CVSS 9 · high

Is it mine?

45 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 allows remote attackers to make unauthorized network connections and hijack HTTP sessions via a crafted file that validates as both a GIF and a Java JAR file, aka "GIFAR" and CR 6707535.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.09highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 8.5

v2.07.7highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:P/A:P/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred

affected products (45)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
sun jdk≤ 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk≤ 6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk= 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jdk= 6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre≤ 1.4.2_18nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre≤ 6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre≤ 5.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_10nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_11nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_12nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_13nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_15nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_17nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun jre= 1.4.2_4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2008-12-05modified 2026-06-16

references (70)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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