CVE-2008-3115: Sun JDK

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 6.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.

Affected products

• Sun JDK: up to and including 6; version 5.0 only; version 6 only
• Sun JRE: up to and including 6; version 5.0 only; version 6 only

Published 2008-07-09. Last modified 2026-06-16.