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CVE-2018-2794

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-2794 is a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability in Oracle Java SE and JRockit, specifically affecting versions 6u181, 7u171, 8u162, 10, and R28.3.17 respectively, and impacting various vendors including Canonical, Debian, and Red Hat. An unauthenticated attacker with infrastructure logon can compromise Java SE/JRockit, potentially leading to a complete takeover, with successful attacks requiring human interaction and possibly affecting additional products. Rated with a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.7 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack vector (AV:L) but high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update162:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.7HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
50.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0074 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (19)

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-1:1.8.0.171-1jpp.2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.191-1jpp.2.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.181-1jpp.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-1:1.7.0.181-1jpp.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-1:1.8.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.191-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.171-3.b10.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.181-2.6.14.1.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.25-1jpp.2.el6_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.171-7.b10.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.181-2.6.14.5.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.5.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.25-1jpp.3.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.25-1jpp.3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.25-1jpp.3.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.15-1jpp.2.el6
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-2794Important

OpenJDK: unrestricted deserialization of data from JCEKS key stores (Security, 8189997)

Apr 17, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1188
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1191
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1201
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1202
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1203
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1204
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1205
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1206
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1270
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1278
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1721
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1722
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1723
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1724
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1974
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:1975
Third Party Advisory
help.ecostruxureit.com / display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201903-14
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180419-0001
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3644-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3691-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4185
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4225
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103817
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040697
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry