5.9

CVE-2018-2972: oracle corporation java

CVSS: 5.9v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2018-2972CGA-4cq2-hmcj-7475CGA-p8vw-qxjg-gjvp
Published 18-07-2018Last modified 02-10-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-2972 is a medium (CVSS 5.9) vulnerability in oracle corporation java. EPSS estimates a 3.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
24/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.9/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.58%
0%100%
Low · -0.05 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 6
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10871-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10872-1OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10873-1SUSE-SU-2018:2083-1USN-3747-1CGA-VJWF-HJ87-X85J

Timeline

  1. 18-07-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 02-10-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Security). The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 10.0.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Java SE accessible data. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N).

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.58%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.05 pp

From 3.63% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.58%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Chainguard3 products
  • corretto-8-dbg< 8.462.08.1-r2
  • openjdk-8-default-jvmAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-9-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
Oracle2 products
Wolfi2 products
  • openjdk-8-default-jvmAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • openjdk-9-jreAll versions (No fix recorded)
Oracle corporation1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • openjdk-lts< 10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

5 vendors · 9 products

References

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