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CVE-2018-2952

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CVE-2018-2952 is a difficult-to-exploit vulnerability in the Concurrency subcomponent of Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, affecting versions including Java SE 6u191, 7u181, 8u172, 10.0.1, Java SE Embedded 8u171, and JRockit R28.3.18. An unauthenticated attacker with network access can leverage this flaw via multiple protocols, including through sandboxed Java Web Start applications, applets, or by supplying data to APIs. Successful exploitation can lead to a partial denial of service (DoS) with a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 3.7 (Low severity). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.7LOW

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0418 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (19)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.191-2.6.15.4.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.181-3.b13.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.191-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.181-1jpp.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-1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-oracle-1:1.8.0.181-1jpp.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-1:1.7.0.191-1jpp.2.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.211-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.181-3.b13.el7_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.191-2.6.15.4.el7_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.30-1jpp.2.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.20-1jpp.1.el6_10
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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-2018-2952Moderate

OpenJDK: insufficient index validation in PatternSyntaxException getMessage() (Concurrency, 8199547)

Jul 17, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2241
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2242
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2253
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2254
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2255
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2256
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2283
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2286
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2568
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2569
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2575
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2576
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2712
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2713
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3007
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3008
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180726-0001
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 / 3734-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3735-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3747-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4268
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104765
Broken Link
securitytracker.com / id/1041302
Broken Link