{"cve":"CVE-2008-5351","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-05T11:30:00.487","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:47.730","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2"],"products":["sun:jdk","sun:jre","sun:sdk"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5351","score":0.03426,"percentile":0.88922,"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."]}