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CVE-2018-2938

JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u201, 7u191, and 8u181 (Java DB)

Published Modified
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.0CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat9.0CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, Photon OS. Rated lower by Red Hat (high).

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Java DB). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u191, 7u181 and 8u172. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. While the vulnerability is in Java SE, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in takeover of Java SE. 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. CVE-2018-2938 addresses CVE-2018-1313. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.0 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0openjdk1.8.0.181-1.ph1
Photon OS 2.0openjdk81.8.0.181-1.ph2
alpine 3.10openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.11openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.12openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.13openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.14openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.15openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.16openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.17openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.18openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.19openjdk88.181.13-r0
Show all 29 entries from 24 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
Photon OS 1.0openjdk1.8.0.181-1.ph1
Photon OS 2.0openjdk81.8.0.181-1.ph2
alpine 3.10openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.11openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.12openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.13openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.14openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.15openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.16openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.17openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.18openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.19openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.20openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.21openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.22openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.23openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.24openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.5openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.6openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.7openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.8openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine 3.9openjdk88.181.13-r0
alpine edgeopenjdk88.181.13-r0
chainguardopenjdk-11-openj90.53.0-r0
chainguardopenjdk-17-openj90.53.0-r0
chainguardopenjdk-21-openj90.53.0-r0
chainguardopenjdk-25-openj90.59.0-r1
chainguardopenjdk-26-openj90.59.0-r1
chainguardopenjdk-8-openj90.53.0-r1

References

Vulnerability data compiled from the Trivy vulnerability database (trivy-db, Aqua Security, Apache License 2.0), which aggregates third-party advisories. CVE records are published by The MITRE Corporation under the CVE Terms of Use; CVE is a trademark of MITRE. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Severity, titles and advisory data from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0), Red Hat security data (CC BY 4.0) and the other sources linked on each entry. Entries may be summarised or re-formatted; the linked original is the authoritative record.