CVE-2008-1185

Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine for Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6...

9.3 High

Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine for Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application or applet, a different issue than CVE-2008-1186, aka "the first issue."

Exploit likelihood

5.63%Up 1.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.3

Record: CVE-2008-1185
CVSS 2.0: 9.3 HighAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-264
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2008-1185
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2008-1194 No score

Record: EUVD-2008-1194
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-5568-r9mj-gq7m No score

Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine for Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6...

Record: GHSA-5568-r9mj-gq7m
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`java-1.5.0-sun` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
`java-1.5.0-sun-demo` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
`java-1.5.0-sun-devel` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
`java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
`java-1.5.0-sun-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
`java-1.5.0-sun-src` Red Hat:rhel_extras:4 From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el4
`java-1.5.0-sun` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-demo` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-devel` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`java-1.5.0-sun-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-src` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-demo` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-devel` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-jdbc` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-plugin` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5
`java-1.5.0-sun-src` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server From an advisory covering 11 CVEs	before 0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5	0:1.5.0.15-1jpp.2.el5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 6, 2026	affected, facts
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2008-1185 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Sun Jdk, published March 6, 2008. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.63%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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