CVE-2008-1196: Sun JDK

Medium severity, CVSS 6.8. EPSS: 7.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Sun JDK: version 1.5.0 only; version 1.6.0 only
• Sun JRE: version 1.4.2 only; version 1.4.2_1 only; version 1.4.2_2 only; version 1.4.2_3 only; version 1.4.2_4 only; version 1.4.2_5 only; …
• Sun SDK: version 1.4.2 only; version 1.4.2_1 only; version 1.4.2_2 only; version 1.4.2_3 only; version 1.4.2_4 only; version 1.4.2_5 only; …

Published 2008-03-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.