CVE-2008-5353
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".
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 86.1% (100th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5330)
- 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-2008-5330 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
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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
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
- http://osvdb.org/50500
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33709
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33710
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34972
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
- http://secunia.com/advisories/35118
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244991-1(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503797/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021313
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1391
- http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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