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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.9

CVE-2018-2973 json

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JSSE).

published 2018-07-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-14828

cvss
5.9
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.7%
EPSS 4.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u191, 7u181, 8u172 and 10.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u171. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via SSL/TLS to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • oracle jdk 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • oracle jre 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • sun java 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • sun java_se 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • sun jdk 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • sun jre 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • oracle openjdk 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • sun openjdk 1.6.0_201, 1.7.0_191, 1.8.0_181, 6.0.201, 7.0.191, 8.0.181, 10.0.2
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 6 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 6 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 6 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6
  • java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc RHEL 6 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6
  • java-1.6.0-sun-plugin RHEL 6 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6
  • java-1.6.0-sun RHEL 7 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.6.0-sun-src RHEL 7 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.6.0-sun-demo RHEL 7 EXTRAS_ORACLE_JAVA 1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:3008RHSA-2018:3007RHSA-2018:2712RHSA-2018:2713RHSA-2018:2569RHSA-2018:2576

  • java-1_8_0-openjdk SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL, SLED 12 SP3 +7 more 1.8.0.181-27.26.2
  • java-1_7_0-openjdk SLES 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL +11 more 1.7.0.201-43.18.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 +8 more 1.7.1_sr4.30-38.26.1
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 +7 more 1.8.0_sr5.20-30.36.1
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLE Module for Legacy 15 1.8.0_sr5.20-3.6.2
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk SLE Module for Legacy 15 1.8.0.181-3.10.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.7.1_sr4.30-26.29.1
  • java-1_7_0-ibm SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.7.0_sr10.30-65.28.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:3064-3SUSE-SU-2019:0049-2SUSE-SU-2019:0049-1SUSE-SU-2018:3064-2SUSE-SU-2018:2649-2SUSE-SU-2018:2839-2

  • java-11-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.0.12.0-3.1
  • java-13-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.0.8.0-3.1
  • java-15-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 15.0.4.0-2.1
  • java-1_8_0-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.8.0.302-2.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10871-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10872-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10873-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10876-1

  • openjdk8 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +17 more 8.181.13-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-2973

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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-2018-2973 updated cvss 5.9

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, 8u181, and 10.0.2 (JSSE)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.6.0-ibm, java-1.6.0-ibm-src, java-1.6.0-ibm-demo, java-1.6.0-ibm-jdbc, java-1.6.0-ibm-plugin, java-1.6.0-ibm-javacomm
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, +9 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3007
  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, +9 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3008
  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3007
  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3008
  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3007
  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.191-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.181-1jpp.2.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6, +9 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3008
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2569
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2576
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2569
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2576
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2569
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10 Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2712
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2713

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

4.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation Java

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.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Updated Java versions.