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CVE-2018-1517

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-1517 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the java.math component of IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition versions 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0, impacting various IBM and Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability can be exploited remotely without user interaction (AV:N/UI:N) by sending specially crafted String data, leading to a complete denial of service (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:6:service_refresh_16:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:6.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
6r1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:6r1:service_refresh_8:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:7:service_refresh_10:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:7.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0398 is in the 81st percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-1517Moderate

JDK: DoS in the java.math component

Aug 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2568
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2569
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2575
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2576
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2712
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2713
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/141681
VDB EntryVendor Advisory
ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105117
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry