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CVE-2018-2964

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-2964 is a high-severity vulnerability in the Deployment subcomponent of Oracle Java SE versions 8u172 and 10.0.1. This vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to compromise Java SE, potentially leading to a complete system takeover. Exploitation is difficult and requires human interaction, primarily affecting client-side Java deployments running untrusted code within a sandbox. While the CVSS 3.0 Base Score is 8.3, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update172:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.3HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.6
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.77%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0277 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 1,572 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.4 Bluesky, 0.2 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.6 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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
View patch
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
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-2964Critical

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 8u181 and 10.0.2 (Deployment)

Jul 17, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2253
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2256
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180726-0001
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104780
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041302
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry