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CVE-2008-5355

HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 8.2%EU EUVD

The "Java Update" feature for 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 verify the signature of the JRE that is downloaded, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS man-in-the-middle attacks.

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-287
EPSS score
8.2% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2008-5332)
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-2008-5332 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

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

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