Directory traversal vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via the writeManifest method in the CacheEntry class, aka CR 6703909.
CVE-2008-3112
- No confirmed exploitation signals yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- —
- EG Score
- 0.0(none)
- EPSS
- 97.7%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 9, 2008
Last Modified
April 23, 2026
References (82)
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html
- cve@mitrehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
- cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
- cve@mitrehttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0955.html
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31010
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31055
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31320
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31497
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31600
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31736
- cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/32018
Patch Availability(7)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.12-1jpp.1.el5 | 2008-11-25 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.2-1jpp.2.el5 | 2008-10-24 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el4 | 2008-08-13 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el4 | 2008-08-13 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.8-1jpp.1.el5 | 2008-07-31 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.16-1jpp.2.el5 | 2008-07-14 | redhat |
| redhat | java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.7-1jpp.1.el5 | 2008-07-14 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
All Vendor Advisories
(7)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0594CRITICAL2008-07-08
RHSA-2008:0594 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0595CRITICAL2008-07-08
RHSA-2008:0595 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0636CRITICAL2008-07-08
RHSA-2008:0636 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0638CRITICAL2008-07-08
RHSA-2008:0638 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0790CRITICAL2008-07-08
RHSA-2008:0790 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0906CRITICAL2008-07-08
RHSA-2008:0906 — Critical
- Red HatRHSA-2008:0955CRITICAL2008-07-08
RHSA-2008:0955 — Critical
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