{"cve":"CVE-2008-3111","nvd":{"published":"2008-07-09T23:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:07.797","status":"Modified","description":"Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated by (a) an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files, (2) write to local files, or (3) execute local programs; and as demonstrated by (b) a long value associated with a java-vm-args attribute in a j2se tag in a JNLP file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the GetVMArgsOption function; aka CR 6557220.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20","CWE-119"],"references":["http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2"],"products":["sun:jdk","sun:jre","sun:sdk"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3111","score":0.04267,"percentile":0.91085,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}