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CVE-2018-2796

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CVE-2018-2796 is a vulnerability in the Concurrency subcomponent of Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, affecting versions 7u171, 8u162, 10, 8u161, and R28.3.17 respectively. This easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers with network access to cause a partial denial of service. With a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium), it primarily impacts availability and can be exploited via multiple protocols, including sandboxed Java Web Start applications, applets, or by supplying data to APIs. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

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

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0689 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (16)

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-1.7.0-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: 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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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-2796Moderate

OpenJDK: unbounded memory allocation during deserialization in PriorityBlockingQueue (Concurrency, 8189981)

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-2018:1204
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/103868
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040697
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry