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CVE-2018-2972

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-2972 is a vulnerability in the Security subcomponent of Oracle Java SE, affecting version 10.0.1. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to gain unauthorized access to critical or all Java SE accessible data. While difficult to exploit, successful attacks can occur via multiple protocols, including through sandboxed Java Web Start applications, applets, or by supplying data to APIs. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0350 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (1)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-2972Moderate

OpenJDK: GCTR counter roll over (Security, 8200332)

Jul 17, 2018

References

security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180726-0001
usn.ubuntu.com / 3747-1
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104782
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041302