Sun · Java Runtime Environment · CVE-2008-5353
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 10 and earlier
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier
SDK and JRE 1.4.2 18 and earlier
**Description**
The issue allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context. This is demonstrated by deserializing Calendar objects, which can lead to untrusted applets and applications gaining privileges via unknown vectors related to deserializing calendar objects.
**Recommendations**
For Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 10 and earlier, update to a version later than Update 10.
For JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, update to a version later than Update 16.
For SDK and JRE 1.4.2 18 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.4.2 18.