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high 7.5

CVE-2018-1041 in the critical feed json

A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer.

published 2018-02-15 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-11701

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.5%
EPSS 15.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • jboss-ec2-eap jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el6
  • jboss-ec2-eap-samples jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el6
  • hornetq jboss enterprise application platform 6 2.3.25-25.SP23_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • jbossweb jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.27-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • infinispan jboss enterprise application platform 6 5.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • jboss-as-ee jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6
  • jbossws-cxf jboss enterprise application platform 6 4.3.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6
  • jboss-as-cli jboss enterprise application platform 6 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0275RHSA-2018:0270RHSA-2018:0271RHSA-2018:0268

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1041 updated cvss 4.3

jboss-remoting: High CPU Denial of Service

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0269
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 5 Server hornetq 2.3.25-25.SP23_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossweb 7.5.27-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, infinispan 5.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jbossws-cxf 4.3.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5, jboss-as-ee 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5, jboss-as-cli 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el5, +79 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0271
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 6 Server hornetq 2.3.25-25.SP23_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossweb 7.5.27-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, infinispan 5.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jbossws-cxf 4.3.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6, jboss-as-ee 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el6, jboss-ec2-eap 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el6, +81 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0270
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4 for RHEL 7 Server hornetq 2.3.25-25.SP23_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossweb 7.5.27-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, infinispan 5.2.23-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jbossws-cxf 4.3.7-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7, jboss-as-ee 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7, jboss-as-cli 7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el7, +79 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0268
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 jboss-remoting
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-44099)

Exploit prediction

15.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-44099 JBoss Remoting 6.14.18 - Denial of Service dos, 2018-02-16

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Red Hat, Inc. jboss-remoting

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.