What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-2973

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.9 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-18 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u191, 7u181, 8u172 and 10.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u171. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via SSL/TLS to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.9 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Affected products

• HP Xp7 Command View: all versions
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
• E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x: from 11.0 through 11.70.1
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Storage Manager: all versions
• OnCommand Insight: all versions
• NetApp OnCommand Unified Manager for 7-Mode (core package): all versions
• NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation: all versions
• NetApp Plug-In For Symantec Netbackup: all versions
• SnapManager for Oracle: all versions
• NetApp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage: all versions
• NetApp Storage Replication Adapter For Clustered Data Ontap: from 9.7; 9.6
• NetApp Vasa Provider For Clustered Data Ontap: from 9.7
• NetApp Virtual Storage Console: from 9.7
• Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update191, 1.7.0-update181, 1.8.0-update172, 10.0.1
• Oracle Java SE: 1.6.0-update191, 1.7.0-update181, 1.8.0-update172, 10.0.1
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
• Red Hat Satellite 6: 5.6, 5.7, 5.8

References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104773
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041302
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2253
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2254
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2255
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2256
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2568
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2569
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2575
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2576
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2712

Get alerted when CVE-2018-2973 or the next vulnerability affects your stack