CVE-2018-2637

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JMX). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u171, 7u161, 8u152 and 9.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u151; JRockit: R28.3.16. Difficult to exploit 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 creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit accessible data as well as unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.4 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).

Published: 2018-01-18 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-2637 is rated Moderate Risk (46.6/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.25%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-2637

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 2026-05-13 0.19% 0.25% +0.06%
2 2025-11-21 0.55% 0.19% -0.36%
3 2025-11-18 — 0.55% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-2637

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N 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:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 5.2 [email protected]
5.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2018-2637

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-2637

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-2637 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-2018-2637
gentoo normal CVE-2018-2637: 1 GLSA(s) (201803-06), 2 atom(s) (dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-2637
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2637
suse medium CVE-2018-2637 severity moderate: SUSE including 178 source package names (java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el7_4, java-1.7.0-openjdk-accessibility-1.7.0.171-2.6.13.0.el7_4, …), 436 product×package rows across 60 product lines (Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-BYOS, Image SLES12-SP5-Azure-SAP-On-Demand, … (60 product lines)): Fixed 325, Known Not Affected 111. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2637/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-2637 medium 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, kinetic, lunar, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 40, not-affected 11, released 6, ignored 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2637

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-2637

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update152:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update161:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update152:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jrockit r28.3.16 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.3.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat satellite 5.6 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat satellite 5.7 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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_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 7.4 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_eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 17.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
schneider-electric struxureware_data_center_expert < 7.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:schneider-electric:struxureware_data_center_expert:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp xp_command_view >= 8.6.2-01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:xp_command_view:*:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:*
hp xp_p9000_command_view >= 8.6.2-01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:xp_p9000_command_view:*:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:*
hp xp7_command_view >= 8.6.2-01 cpe:2.3:a:hp:xp7_command_view:*:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-2637

URL Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102576 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040203 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0095 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0099 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0100 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0115 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0349 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0351 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0352 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0458 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0521 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1463 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1812 Third Party Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00003.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180117-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03911en_us Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3613-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3614-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4144 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4166 Third Party Advisory
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