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CVE-2018-1656
The IBM Java Runtime Environment's Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0 , 7.0, and 8.0) does…
- 7.4HighCVSS base score
- 4.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The IBM Java Runtime Environment's Diagnostic Tooling Framework for Java (DTFJ) (IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0 , 7.0, and 8.0) does not protect against path traversal attacks when extracting compressed dump files. IBM X-Force ID: 144882.
Timeline
ID reserved
By ibm
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 6 years later
· 6 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| ibmCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.0/A:N/AC:L/AV:N/C:N/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:R/E:U/RC:C/RL:O |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.5% · top 8.5% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Affected products
IBM · SDK, Java Technology Edition
- affected 6.0
- affected 7.0
- affected 8.0
References
11
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10719653 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ibm-java-cve20181656-file-overwrite(144882) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2713 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 105118 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2575 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2576 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2568 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2569 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2712 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1041765 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2018-12235 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2018-1656)Record last updated .