CVE-2008-0628
HIGH · CVSS 7.8EPSS 3.4%EU EUVD
The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the "external general entities" property is false, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 3.4% (89th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0638)
- Published
- February 6, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0638 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- sun / jdk
- sun / jre
References
- http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277
- http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2007-002.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28746(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29841
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3621
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231246-1
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487434/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27553
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019292
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0371
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9847
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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