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CVE-2008-3108 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 10, SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_23 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to font processing.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 CVE, MITRE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31320 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31600 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/31736 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33236 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/33237 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238666-1 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-300.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-507.htm CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=751014 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=756717 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1043.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1044.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30147 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020461 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43656 CVE, MITRE VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3108
NVD Published Date:
07/09/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE