Skip to content
Fencer Vulns
high 8.3

CVE-2018-2638 json

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Deployment).

published 2018-01-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-14493

cvss
8.3
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Deployment). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u152 and 9.0.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and while the vulnerability is in Java SE, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE. 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 8.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.8.0_161, 8.0.161, 9.0.4
  • oracle jdk 1.8.0_161, 8.0.161, 9.0.4
  • oracle jre 1.8.0_161, 8.0.161, 9.0.4
  • sun java 1.8.0_161, 8.0.161, 9.0.4
  • sun java_se 1.8.0_161, 8.0.161, 9.0.4
  • sun jdk 1.8.0_161, 8.0.161, 9.0.4
  • sun jre 1.8.0_161, 8.0.161, 9.0.4
  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 6 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.8 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0351RHSA-2018:0352RHSA-2018:1463RHSA-2018:0099

  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1 +6 more 1.8.0_sr5.10-30.16.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0665-1

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-2018-2638 updated cvss 7.5

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u161 and 9.0.4 (Deployment)

  • Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7 Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 7) java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7 Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9 Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9 Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7 Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7 Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 java-1.8.0-oracle 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-src 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0099
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0351
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0352
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0351
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0352
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0351
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1463

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

3.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.