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CVE-2018-2581

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-2581 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the JavaFX subcomponent of Oracle Java SE versions 7u161, 8u152, and 9.0.1, primarily affecting client-side Java deployments running untrusted code. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this with network access, requiring user interaction to achieve unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE accessible data. While the vulnerability is in Java SE, successful attacks may impact additional products. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, 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:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update152:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update152:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.7MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0254 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 26,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (8)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.20-1jpp.3.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.10-1jpp.1.el6_9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-2581Moderate

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 7u171, 8u161, and 9.0.4 (JavaFX)

Jan 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0099
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:0100
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1463
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1812
Third Party Advisory
help.ecostruxureit.com / display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180117-0001
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/102636
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040203
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry