IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition

CVE-2018-1517

MEDIUM 5.9

At a glance

Source: NVD
EPSS: EPSS 3.93 % · percentile 90 (2026-10-31)
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2018-08-20 21:00 UTC
Updated: 2024-09-16 17:34 UTC
Assigner: ibm
NVD status: Modified

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Description

A flaw in the java.math component in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0, 7.0, and 8.0 may allow an attacker to inflict a denial-of-service attack with specially crafted String data. IBM X-Force ID: 141681.

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

Scores

Version	Score	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.9	CVSS:3.0/A:H/AC:H/AV:N/C:N/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N/E:U/RC:C/RL:O	ibm
CVSS 3.0	MEDIUM 5.9	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · psirt@us.ibm.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.0	HIGH 7.5	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
CVSS 2.0	MEDIUM 5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P	NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2018-12096
GCVE · GCVE-0-2018-1517

CERT-FR advisories

CERTFR-2018-AVI-544 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:6:service_refresh_16:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:6.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:6r1:service_refresh_8:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:7:service_refresh_10:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:7.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:7r1:service_refresh_4:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:8:service_refresh_5:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:software_development_kit:8.0:*:*:*:java_technology:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Affected products

Product	Versions
IBM · SDK, Java Technology Edition	affected 6.0 ; affected 7.0 ; affected 8.0

Sources

Source	Licence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)	CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)	FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVD	ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)	Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds	Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD

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