CVE-2018-1041

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A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service via high CPU caused by an infinite loop.

Published: 2018-02-15 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2018-1041 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 14.13%, 94th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2018-1041

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
44099 exploit_db edb 2018-02-16 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-1041

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 2025-11-21 13.74% 14.13% +0.39%
2 2025-11-18 14.13% 13.74% -0.39%
3 2025-05-15 14.13%

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-1041

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-1041

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-1041

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-1041
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-1041 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libjboss-remoting-java), 7 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-1041

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-1041

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
jboss jboss-remoting 3.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:jboss:jboss-remoting:3.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 6.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:6.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-1041

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