CVE-2008-5353
Description
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".
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.86081 (86.1% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.7%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
References
- SSRT090049 (marc.info)vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2009:018 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- 34259 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-0672 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2008:1018 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 33015 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
- 34889 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 34233 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 1021313 (securitytracker.com)vdb-entry
- GLSA-200911-02 (security.gentoo.org)vendor-advisory
- www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/0…
- blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html
- SUSE-SA:2009:007 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- SSRT080111 (marc.info)vendor-advisory
- 38539 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.h…
- 34972 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- RHSA-2009:0466 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2009:006 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- 35065 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 33528 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6511 (oval.cisecurity.org)vdb-entrysignature
- 20090524 Hardening OSX against CVE-2008-5353 (securityfocus.com)mailing-list
- RHSA-2008:1025 (rhn.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-3339 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- RHSA-2009:0445 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 244991 (sunsolve.sun.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:0016 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- TA08-340A (us-cert.gov)third-party-advisory
- 33709 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID…
- 34605 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- SUSE-SR:2009:010 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2009:0015 (redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- 35118 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- ADV-2009-1391 (vupen.com)vdb-entry
- 32991 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 50500 (osvdb.org)vdb-entry
- 32608 (securityfocus.com)vdb-entry
- 37386 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
- 33710 (secunia.com)third-party-advisory
Timeline
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