CVE-2018-2815

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u181, 7u171, 8u162 and 10; Java SE Embedded: 8u161; JRockit: R28.3.17. 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 ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. 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 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Published: 2018-04-19 Last update: 2025-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2018-2815 is rated Moderate Risk (58.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.39%, 92th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +4.82% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2018-2815

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 0.57% 5.39% +4.82%
2 2026-06-06 0.69% 0.57% -0.13%
3 2026-06-03 — 0.69% —

Full EPSS history (30 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2018-2815

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
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 1.4 [email protected]
5.3 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
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 1.4 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
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-2018-2815

OS Trackers for CVE-2018-2815

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2018-2815 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-2018-2815
gentoo normal CVE-2018-2815: 1 GLSA(s) (201903-14), 2 atom(s) (dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin, dev-java/oracle-jre-bin); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2018-2815
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2815
suse medium CVE-2018-2815 severity moderate: SUSE including 80 source package names (9.0.97-openjdk8-59.4:java-1_8_0-openjdk-1.8.0.171-3.3.2, 9.0.97-openjdk8-59.4:java-1_8_0-openjdk-headless-1.8.0.171-3.3.2, …), 266 product×package rows across 51 product lines (Container containers/apache-tomcat, Image tomcat_15_6, … (51 product lines)): Fixed 236, Known Not Affected 30. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-2815/
ubuntu medium CVE-2018-2815 medium priority: Ubuntu including 4 source packages (openjdk-10, openjdk-6, openjdk-7, openjdk-8), 28 status rows across 7 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 18, needs-triage 4, released 4, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2815

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2018-2815

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle jdk 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.6.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.7.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:1.8.0:update162:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jdk 10 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jdk:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.6.0:update181:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.7.0:update171:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:1.8.0:update162:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jre 10 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jre:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle jrockit r28.3.17 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:jrockit:r28.3.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 7.6 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 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 xp7_command_view — cpe:2.3:a:hp:xp7_command_view:-:*:*:*:advanced:*:*:*

References for CVE-2018-2815

URL Tags
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103848 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040697 Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1188 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1191 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1201 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1202 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1203 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1204 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1205 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1206 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1270 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1278 Third Party Advisory
https://help.ecostruxureit.com/display/public/UADCE725/Security+fixes+in+StruxureWare+Data+Center+Expert+v7.6.0 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-14 Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180419-0001/ Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03857en_us Third Party Advisory
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03915en_us Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3644-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3691-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4185 Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4225 Third Party Advisory
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