CVE-2008-0628: Sun JDK

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The XML parsing code in Sun Java Runtime Environment JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier processes external entity references even when the "external general entities" property is false, which allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE) attacks and cause a denial of service or access restricted resources.

Affected products

• Sun JDK: version 1.6 only
• Sun JRE: up to and including 1.6.0

Published 2008-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.