CVE-2018-2678 is a partial denial-of-service vulnerability affecting the JNDI subcomponent of Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, impacting versions 6u171, 7u161, 8u152, 9.0.1, and R28.3.16. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause a partial denial of service, requiring human interaction for successful exploitation. With a CVSS v3.0 base score of 4.3 (Medium), the attack vector is network-based with low attack complexity, but no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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