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CVE-2018-3169

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3169 is a high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.3) affecting Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded, specifically versions 7u191, 8u182, 11, and 8u181 respectively. This flaw, located in the Hotspot subcomponent, allows an unauthenticated attacker to compromise affected Java deployments through network access. While difficult to exploit and requiring user interaction, successful attacks can lead to a complete takeover of the vulnerable Java environment, potentially impacting additional products. There is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
11.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:11.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0401 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 1,570 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (17)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.201-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.201-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.201-2.6.16.0.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el7_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.201-2.6.16.1.el7_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.1.13-3.el7_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el6_10
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-3169Critical

OpenJDK: Improper field access checks (Hotspot, 8199226)

Oct 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2942
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2943
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3000
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3001
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3002
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3003
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3350
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3409
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3521
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3533
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3534
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3671
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3672
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3779
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3852
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-10
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20181018-0001
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3804-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3824-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4326
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105587
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041889
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry