CVE-2008-1187

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JRE crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to XSLT transforms.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 21.62% Top 5%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/29999 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29841 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0245.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0243.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31586 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41025 vdb entry
http://download.novell.com/Download?buildid=q5exhSqeBjA~ patch
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/ja/contents/2008/JVNDB-2008-000016.html third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29498 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN04032535/index.html third party advisory
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29239 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
http://secunia.com/advisories/29582 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1252 vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019548 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31497 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31067 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.novell.com/docs/Readmes/InfoDocument/patchbuilder/readme_5033642.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0244.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references vdb entry vendor advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html patch
http://secunia.com/advisories/30003 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233322-1 patch vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0555.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31580 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10278 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/29273 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-1187?
CVE-2008-1187 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-1187?
To fix CVE-2008-1187, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-1187 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-1187 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~22% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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