CVE-2008-5357
highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.100 · 96 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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affected products (96)
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references (74)
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- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=760enisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2enisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/50517enisa_euvd
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