CVE-2018-3183
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Scripting).
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Scripting). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u182 and 11; Java SE Embedded: 8u181; JRockit: R28.3.19. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. While the vulnerability is in Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g. code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g. through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.0 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.80% probability · 86th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- oracle/jdk · oracle/jre · oracle/jrockit · redhat/satellite · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · hp/xp7 command view
- Source
- secalert_us@oracle.com
EPSS 2.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105622Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041889Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2942Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2943Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3002Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3003Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3521Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3533Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3534Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3852Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-10Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03952en_usThird Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3804-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4326Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105622Broken Link
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041889Broken Link
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2942Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2943Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3002Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3003Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3521Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3533Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3534Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3852Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-10Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0001/Third Party Advisory
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03952en_usThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.