Is CVE-2008-5346 being actively exploited?

CVE-2008-5346 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2008-5346?

CVE-2008-5346 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

CVE-2008-5346

HIGH · CVSS 7.1EPSS 2.8%EU EUVD

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_23 or earlier allows untrusted applets and applications to read arbitrary memory via a crafted ZIP file.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.1 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-200
EPSS score: 2.8% (87th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2008-5323)
Published: December 5, 2008
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5323 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.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://osvdb.org/50507(Broken Link)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/33710(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34605(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34889(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34972(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065(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=1-26-246386-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021306(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339(Third Party Advisory)
http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf(Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6629(Third Party Advisory)
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html(Third Party Advisory)

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

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