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CVE-2018-2579

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Libraries). Supported versions that are…

Low3.7EPSS 4.1%
Published
Updated
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oracle

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u171, 7u161, 8u152 and 9.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u151; JRockit: R28.3.16. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit accessible data. Note: This vulnerability 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 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2018-2579, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
NVDNVD · Modified3.1Low3.7CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
4.1% · top 9.3% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.7.

Weakness

  • Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit accessible data.

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation · Java

    • affected Java SE: 6u171
    • affected 7u161
    • affected 8u152
    • affected 9.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u151; JRockit: R28.3.16

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