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low 3.7

CVE-2018-3157 json

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Sound).

published 2018-10-17 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-15012

cvss
3.7
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.9%
EPSS 2.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Sound). The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 11. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments 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 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Patch / fix

  • oracle java_se 11.0.1
  • oracle jdk 11.0.1
  • oracle jre 11.0.1
  • sun java 11.0.1
  • sun java_se 11.0.1
  • sun jdk 11.0.1
  • sun jre 11.0.1
  • oracle openjdk 11.0.1
  • sun openjdk 11.0.1
  • openjdk-11 Debian 11 11.0.1+13-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-3157

  • java-11-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 11.0.12.0-3.1
  • java-13-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 13.0.8.0-3.1
  • java-15-openjdk openSUSE Tumbleweed 15.0.4.0-2.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10871-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10872-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10873-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-3157 updated cvss 3.7

OpenJDK: Uninitialized memory use in MIDI device handling (Sound, 8200648)

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk-src, java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, +3 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.0-openjdk, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-1.7.0-openjdk-src, java-1.8.0-openjdk-src, java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo, java-1.8.0-openjdk-demo, +7 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

2.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 3.7 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Oracle Corporation Java

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Updated Java versions.