CVE-2018-1041
A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.5%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service via high CPU caused by an infinite loop.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 15.53% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 16 February 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-835
- Affected
- jboss/jboss-remoting · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 13.1% on 21 September 2026 to 15.5% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040323Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530457Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44099/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040323Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530457Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44099/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.