Is CVE-2008-1196 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-1196 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-1196?

CVE-2008-1196 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2008-1196

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 7.3%EU EUVD

Stack-based buffer overflow in Java Web Start (javaws.exe) in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JNLP file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 7.3% (94th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-1205)
Published: March 6, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1205 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

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References

http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=q5exhSqeBjA~(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29239(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29273(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29498(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29582(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31067(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31580(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31586(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233327-1(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5033642.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/223028(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0555.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019552(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41026(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10412(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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