CVE-2017-10243

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JAX-WS). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u151, 7u141 and 8u131; Java SE Embedded: 8u131; JRockit: R28.3.14. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit accessible data and unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Confidentiality and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L).

Published: 2017-08-08 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-10243 is rated Moderate Risk (57.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.86%). EPSS rose +2.18% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-10243

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.68% 2.86% +2.18%
2 2026-05-13 0.83% 0.68% -0.15%
3 2026-04-24 — 0.83% —

Full EPSS history (22 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-10243

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:L)
Some sensitive info could get out, but not a total data dump.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:L)
Might cause slowdowns, glitches, or partial disruption—not a full brick.
 3.9 2.5 [email protected]
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-10243

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-10243

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2017-10243 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openjdk-8), 1 status rows across 1 suites (sid): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-10243
gentoo normal CVE-2017-10243: 1 GLSA(s) (201709-22), 3 atom(s) (dev-java/icedtea-bin, dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2017-10243
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10243
suse medium CVE-2017-10243 severity moderate: SUSE including 136 source package names (java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.151-2.6.11.1.el7_4, java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility-1.7.0.151-2.6.11.1.el7_4, …), 350 product×package rows across 54 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand, … (54 product lines)): Fixed 313, Known Not Affected 37. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-10243/
ubuntu low CVE-2017-10243 low priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (openjdk-6, openjdk-7, openjdk-8, openjdk-9), 60 status rows across 15 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 38, not-affected 12, needs-triage 4, ignored 3, released 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-10243

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-10243

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update151:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update141:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update131:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update151:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update141:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update131:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jrockit r28.3.14 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.3.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager >= 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp active_iq_unified_manager >= 9.5 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp cloud_backup — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_backup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_os_controller >= 11.0, <= 11.70.1 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_os_controller:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp e-series_santricity_storage_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:e-series_santricity_storage_manager:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp element_software — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:element_software:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_balance — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_balance:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_insight — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_insight:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_performance_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_performance_manager:-:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp oncommand_shift — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_shift:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager <= 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:vsphere:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager <= 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp oncommand_unified_manager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_unified_manager:-:*:*:*:*:7-mode:*:*
netapp plug-in_for_symantec_netbackup — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:plug-in_for_symantec_netbackup:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:oracle:*:*
netapp snapmanager — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:snapmanager:-:*:*:*:*:sap:*:*
netapp steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage — cpe:2.3:a:netapp:steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp storage_replication_adapter_for_clustered_data_ontap >= 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storage_replication_adapter_for_clustered_data_ontap:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*
netapp storage_replication_adapter_for_clustered_data_ontap 9.6 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:storage_replication_adapter_for_clustered_data_ontap:9.6:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp vasa_provider_for_clustered_data_ontap >= 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider_for_clustered_data_ontap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp vasa_provider_for_clustered_data_ontap 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:vasa_provider_for_clustered_data_ontap:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp virtual_storage_console >= 7.2 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:virtual_storage_console:*:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
netapp virtual_storage_console 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:netapp:virtual_storage_console:6.0:*:*:*:*:vmware_vsphere:*:*
redhat satellite 5.8 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-10243

URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3954 Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99827 Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038931 Broken Link
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1789 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1790 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1791 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1792 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2424 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2469 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2481 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2530 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3453 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-22 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20170720-0001/ Third Party Advisory
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