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CVE-2018-3214

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-3214 is a vulnerability in the Sound subcomponent of Oracle Java SE, Java SE Embedded, and JRockit, affecting versions including Java SE 6u201, 7u191, 8u182, Java SE Embedded 8u181, and JRockit R28.3.19. This easily exploitable flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker with network access to cause a partial denial of service (DoS). With a CVSS 3.0 Base Score of 5.3 (Medium), the vulnerability has low impact on availability, requiring no user interaction. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update182:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update201:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update191:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
7.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0700 is in the 91st percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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 (19)

oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.201-1jpp.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-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.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-1.7.0-oracle-1:1.7.0.201-1jpp.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-1:1.8.0.191-1jpp.1.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 6Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.201-2.6.16.0.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.191.b12-0.el7_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1:1.7.0.201-2.6.16.1.el7_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.6Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.7Fixed in: java-1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.4.35-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.25-1jpp.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-2018-3214Moderate

OpenJDK: Infinite loop in RIFF format reader (Sound, 8205361)

Oct 16, 2018

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2942
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2943
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3000
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3001
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3002
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3003
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3007
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3008
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3350
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3409
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3533
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3534
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3671
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3672
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3779
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3852
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00026.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201908-10
Third Party Advisory
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20181018-0001
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3804-1
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4326
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105615
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1041889
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry