Is CVE-2008-3108 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-3108 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-3108?

CVE-2008-3108 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 10.0 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-3108

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 4.6%EU EUVD

Buffer overflow in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 10, SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_23 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to font processing.

Key facts

CVSS score: 10.0 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-119
EPSS score: 4.6% (92th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-3098)
Published: July 9, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3098 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://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31320(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31600(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/31736(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33236(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33237(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238666-1(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-300.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-507.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=751014(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&id=756717(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1043.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1044.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30147(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020461(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740(Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43656(VDB Entry)

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

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