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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2018-2657 json

Vulnerability in the Java SE, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Serialization).

published 2018-01-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-14512

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
7.5%
EPSS 7.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 94%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Java SE, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u171 and 7u161; JRockit: R28.3.16. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, JRockit. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, JRockit. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • oracle jdk 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • oracle jre 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • sun java 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • sun java_se 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • sun jdk 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • sun jre 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • oracle openjdk 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • sun openjdk 1.6.0_181, 1.7.0_171, 6.0.181, 7.0.171
  • java-1.7.1-ibm RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
  • java-1.7.1-ibm RHEL 6 EXTRAS, network satellite 5.7, network satellite 5.6 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-src RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
  • java-1.7.1-ibm-demo RHEL 6 EXTRAS 1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:0458RHSA-2018:0521RHSA-2018:1463RHSA-2018:0115RHSA-2018:0100RHSA-2018:1812

  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES for SAP 12 SP1 +7 more 1.7.1_sr4.20-38.16.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2, SLES 12 SP3 +3 more 1.7.1_sr4.20-38.12.1
  • java-1_7_0-ibm SLES 11 SP3-TERADATA, SLES 11 SP3-LTSS, SLE Point of Sale 11 SP3 1.7.0_sr10.20-65.13.1
  • java-1_7_1-ibm SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLE Software Development Kit 11 SP4 1.7.1_sr4.20-26.13.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2018:0743-1SUSE-SU-2018:0694-1SUSE-SU-2018:0645-1SUSE-SU-2018:0630-1

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-2018-2657 updated cvss 5.3

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u181 and 7u171 (Serialization)

  • 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 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, +4 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Compute Node (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, +2 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, +4 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, +4 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, +4 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, +4 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.2.el7, +4 more Red Hat Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 java-1.6.0-sun 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-src 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-demo 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, java-1.7.0-oracle 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, java-1.6.0-sun-plugin 1.6.0.181-1jpp.1.el6, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0115
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0521
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0458
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0521
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-src 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:0458
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9 Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) java-1.7.1-ibm 1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1812
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  • 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
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

7.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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.