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CVE-2008-1188

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 12.48%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2008-03-06 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2008-1188
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
12.48%
Java

Original NVD Description

Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka "The first two issues."