CVE-2018-2940 is a vulnerability in the Libraries subcomponent of Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded, affecting versions 6u191, 7u181, 8u172, 10.0.1, and 8u171 respectively. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain unauthorized read access to a subset of data, primarily impacting client-side Java deployments running untrusted code. Successful exploitation requires user interaction, and the vulnerability has a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 4.3 (Medium) due to its confidentiality impact. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update172:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
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