`CVE-2018-10237` Google Guava

Affected software	Google Guava
Severity	5.9 Medium CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`24.1.1-android`
Weakness	Deserialization of untrusted data (CWE-502)
Published	26 Apr 2018
Updated	13 Nov 2026

Description

Unbounded memory allocation in Google Guava 11.0 through 24.x before 24.1.1 allows remote attackers to conduct denial of service attacks against servers that depend on this library and deserialize attacker-provided data, because the AtomicDoubleArray class (when serialized with Java serialization) and the CompoundOrdering class (when serialized with GWT serialization) perform eager allocation without appropriate checks on what a client has sent and whether the data size is reasonable.

CWE-770

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 8.4% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

Protected by Waratek

Waratek has a rule that blocks attacks on this vulnerability.

Protection full Deserialization
Action available security rule
Review human Researcher
Record active

Decided by	A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE
Finding	A researcher found this CVE protected by the marshal-deserialize-java-rce, ARMR marshal deserialization dos rule, deserial, Deserial dos rule, Deserialization dos rule.

Decided by

A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

Finding

A researcher found this CVE protected by the marshal-deserialize-java-rce, ARMR marshal deserialization dos rule, deserial, Deserial dos rule, Deserialization dos rule.

Waratek research note

written 2026-11-13

Written by a Waratek engineer who reviewed this CVE. Their decision sets the status above, ahead of every automated rule except a withdrawal.

Comments

Rule Name: marshal-deserialize-java-rce, ARMR marshal deserialization dos rule, deserial, Deserial dos rule, Deserialization dos rule

How to mitigate CVE-2018-10237

Upgrade Google Guava to 24.1.1-android or later. Until you can, Waratek RASP blocks exploitation with its deserialization rule. It runs inside the Java application, with no code changes.

Waratek RASP Runtime protection for Java applications

CVSS

5.9 MEDIUM v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 5.9 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 4.3 none AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	5.9	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	4.3	none	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q4	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Web Services (Google Guava) (12.1.3.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q1	Oracle Fusion Middleware / Centralized Thirdparty Jars (Google Guava) (12.2.1.3.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q3	Oracle Retail Applications / Packaging (Google Guava) (15.0, 16.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q2	Oracle Retail Applications / Xstore Office (Google Guava) (7.1, 15.0, 16.0, 17.0) Oracle Retail Applications / Xstore Services (Google Guava) (17.0)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q4

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Web Services (Google Guava) (12.1.3.0.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q1

Oracle Fusion Middleware / Centralized Thirdparty Jars (Google Guava) (12.2.1.3.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q3

Oracle Retail Applications / Packaging (Google Guava) (15.0, 16.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q2

Oracle Retail Applications / Xstore Office (Google Guava) (7.1, 15.0, 16.0, 17.0)
Oracle Retail Applications / Xstore Services (Google Guava) (17.0)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Centralized Thirdparty Jars (Google Guava)	12.2.1.3.0	12.2.1.3.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Web Services (Google Guava)	12.1.3.0.0	12.1.3.0.0
Oracle Retail Applications	Packaging (Google Guava)	15.0, 16.0	15.0 · 16.0
Oracle Retail Applications	Xstore Office (Google Guava)	7.1, 15.0, 16.0, 17.0	7.1 · 15.0 · 16.0 · 17.0
Oracle Retail Applications	Xstore Services (Google Guava)	17.0	17.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

com.google.guava:guava 11.0 24.1.1-android unbounded

com.google.guava:guava-jdk5 0 none 17.0

com.googlecode.guava-osgi:guava-osgi 0 none 11.0.1

de.mhus.ports:vaadin-shared-deps 0 none 7.4.0

org.hudsonci.lib.guava:guava 0 none 14.0.1-h-3

org.sonatype.sisu:sisu-guava unspecified none unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`com.google.guava:guava`	11.0	`24.1.1-android`	unbounded
`com.google.guava:guava-jdk5`	0	none	17.0
`com.googlecode.guava-osgi:guava-osgi`	0	none	11.0.1
`de.mhus.ports:vaadin-shared-deps`	0	none	7.4.0
`org.hudsonci.lib.guava:guava`	0	none	14.0.1-h-3
`org.sonatype.sisu:sisu-guava`	unspecified	none	unbounded

Products and versions

23 products, 39 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
osv	com.google.guava	guava	generic	≥ 11.0 and ＜ 24.1.1
osv	com.google.guava	guava-jdk5	generic	≤ 17.0
osv	com.googlecode.guava-osgi	guava-osgi	generic	≤ 11.0.1
osv	de.mhus.ports	vaadin-shared-deps	generic	≤ 7.4.0
nvd	google	guava	generic	≥ 11.0 and ＜ 24.1.1
nvd	oracle	banking payments	generic	≥ 14.1.0 and ≤ 14.4.0
nvd	oracle	communications ip service activator	generic	7.3.0 · 7.4.0
nvd	oracle	customer management and segmentation foundation	generic	18.0
nvd	oracle	database server	generic	12.2.0.1 · 18c · 19c
nvd	oracle	flexcube investor servicing	generic	12.1.0 · 12.3.0 · 12.4.0 · 14.0.0 · 14.1.0
nvd	oracle	flexcube private banking	generic	12.0.0 · 12.1.0
nvd	oracle	retail integration bus	generic	15.0 · 16.0
nvd	oracle	retail xstore point of service	generic	7.1 · 15.0 · 16.0 · 17.0
nvd	oracle	weblogic server	generic	12.2.1.3.0
osv	org.hudsonci.lib.guava	guava	generic	≤ 14.0.1.3
osv	org.sonatype.sisu	sisu-guava	generic	any version
nvd	redhat	jboss enterprise application platform	generic	6.0.0 · 6.4.0 · 7.1.0
nvd	redhat	openshift container platform	generic	3.11 · 4.1
nvd	redhat	openstack	generic	13
nvd	redhat	satellite	generic	6.4
nvd	redhat	satellite capsule	generic	6.4
nvd	redhat	virtualization	generic	4.0 · 4.2
nvd	redhat	virtualization host	generic	4.0

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

osv

com.google.guava

guava

generic

≥ 11.0 and ＜ 24.1.1

osv

com.google.guava

guava-jdk5

generic

≤ 17.0

osv

com.googlecode.guava-osgi

guava-osgi

generic

≤ 11.0.1

osv

de.mhus.ports

vaadin-shared-deps

generic

≤ 7.4.0

nvd

google

guava

generic

≥ 11.0 and ＜ 24.1.1

nvd

oracle

banking payments

generic

≥ 14.1.0 and ≤ 14.4.0

nvd

oracle

communications ip service activator

generic

7.3.0 · 7.4.0

nvd

oracle

customer management and segmentation foundation

generic

18.0

nvd

oracle

database server

generic

12.2.0.1 · 18c · 19c

nvd

oracle

flexcube investor servicing

generic

12.1.0 · 12.3.0 · 12.4.0 · 14.0.0 · 14.1.0

nvd

oracle

flexcube private banking

generic

12.0.0 · 12.1.0

nvd

oracle

retail integration bus

generic

15.0 · 16.0

nvd

oracle

retail xstore point of service

generic

7.1 · 15.0 · 16.0 · 17.0

nvd

oracle

weblogic server

generic

12.2.1.3.0

osv

org.hudsonci.lib.guava

guava

generic

≤ 14.0.1.3

osv

org.sonatype.sisu

sisu-guava

generic

any version

nvd

redhat

jboss enterprise application platform

generic

6.0.0 · 6.4.0 · 7.1.0

nvd

redhat

openshift container platform

generic

3.11 · 4.1

nvd

redhat

openstack

generic

nvd

redhat

satellite

generic

6.4

nvd

redhat

satellite capsule

generic

6.4

nvd

redhat

virtualization

generic

4.0 · 4.2

nvd

redhat

virtualization host

generic

4.0

Earlier manual review

A reviewer classified this CVE in an older dataset. We kept the labels and products below, but not the reviewer's reasoning.

## Manual Classification Context **Labels:** HTTP, PACKAGING (GOOGLE GUAVA), XSTORE OFFICE (GOOGLE GUAVA), XSTORE SERVICES (GOOGLE GUAVA), NO AUTH REMOTE EXPLOIT, CENTRALIZED THIRDPARTY JARS (GOOGLE GUAVA), WEB SERVICES (GOOGLE GUAVA) **Products:** ORACLE RETAIL APPLICATIONS, ORACLE WEBLOGIC SERVER, GUAVA, ORACLE FUSION MIDDLEWARE, ORACLE RETAIL INTEGRATION BUS, ORACLE RETAIL XSTORE POINT OF SERVICE

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643	ADVISORY, RHSA-2018:2643
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10237	REPORT, RHSA-2018:2643
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r223bc776a077d0795786c38cbc6e7dd808fce1a9161b00ba9c0a5d55@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r22c8173b804cd4a420c43064ba4e363d0022aa421008b1989f7354d4@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r27eb79a87a760335226dbfa6a7b7bffea539a535f8e80c41e482106d@%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2ea4e5e5aa8ad73b001a466c582899620961f47d77a40af712c1fdf9@%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r30e7d7b6bfa630dacc41649a0e96dad75165d50474c1241068aa0f94@%3Cissues.storm.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r352e40ca9874d1beb4ad95403792adca7eb295e6bc3bd7b65fabcc21@%3Ccommits.samza.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r38e2ab87528d3c904e7fac496e8fd766b9277656ff95b97d6b6b6dcd@%3Cdev.cxf.apache.org%3E	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2018-04-26	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.
Classification created	2026-11-13	First commit adding this CVE's research note.
Last VRT activity	2026-11-13	Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.

Published

2018-04-26

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Classification created

2026-11-13

First commit adding this CVE's research note.

Last VRT activity

2026-11-13

Most recent commit touching this CVE's classification, patch or rule file.

How VRT decided (4 of 24 rules ran)

4 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification decided it matched Protected by Waratek A researcher found this CVE protected by the marshal-deserialize-java-rce, ARMR marshal deserialization dos rule, deserial, Deserial dos rule, Deserialization dos rule.

5 manual classification not reached Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream not reached A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component not reached The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side not reached Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven not reached An OSV.dev record of this CVE affecting a package published to Maven Central. When every such package is one business applications do not use (Minecraft mods and launchers, Fastjson) and no tracked product is named by CPE, it settles the CVE as Outside Waratek scope instead

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint not reached A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven not reached The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable not reached An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit not reached Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match not reached A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc not reached Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold not reached Medium or Low severity, no CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, no PoC clearing the evidence bar, no CISA verdict, no Oracle advisory

24 no-exploit-published not reached Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

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