CVE-2008-1196 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2008-1196

Stack-based buffer overflow in Java Web Start (javaws.exe) in Sun...

Vulnerability Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Java Web Start (javaws.exe) in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JNLP file.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

jdk, jre, sdk
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.4.2, 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_4, 1.4.2_5, 1.4.2_6, 1.4.2_7, 1.4.2_8, 1.4.2_9, 1.4.2_10, 1.4.2_11, 1.4.2_12, 1.4.2_13, 1.4.2_14, 1.4.2_15, 1.4.2_16

Timeline

Official Publish: March 6th, 2008
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.