{"cve":"CVE-2008-5353","nvd":{"published":"2008-12-05T11:30:00.533","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:48.190","status":"Modified","description":"The 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 does not properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by \"deserializing Calendar objects\".","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html","http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html","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"],"products":["sun:jdk","sun:jre","sun:sdk"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5353","score":0.85811,"percentile":0.99728,"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."]}