CVE-2008-5351

Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier accepts UTF-8 encodings that are not the "shortest" form, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass protection mechanisms for other applications that rely on shortest-form UTF-8 encodings.

• CWE-264

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
• http://osvdb.org/50502
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33709
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33710
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34447
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245246-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021311
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
• http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6212
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2
• http://osvdb.org/50502
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32991
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33015
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33709
• http://secunia.com/advisories/33710
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34233
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34259
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34447
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34605
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34889
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34972
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35065
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38539
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245246-1Patch, Vendor Advisory
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021311
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.htmlUS Government Resource
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672
• http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6212
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html

Published

Dec 5, 2008

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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