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CVE-2008-5353

CVSS Score Not Available
89.53%
HIGH RiskEPSS (100th percentile)

The 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 does not properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by "deserializing Calendar objects".

Published: 12/5/2008
Modified: 4/9/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

89.53%HIGH Exploitation Risk
100th percentile

This vulnerability has a 89.53% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 100% of all scored CVEs.