CVE-2018-3183
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Scripting). Supported versions that are…
- 9.0CriticalCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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).
Timeline
ID reserved
By oracle
- 10 months later
· 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.0.
Affected products
- affected Java SE: 8u181, 11
- affected Java SE Embedded: 8u181
- affected JRockit: R28.3.19
References
16
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2942 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 105622 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3804-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3002 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3852 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-4326 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:2943 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3533 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1041889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3521 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- GLSA-201908-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03952en_us (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2018-15038 (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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