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CVE-2018-1041 jboss-remoting

Affected softwarejboss-remoting
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
WeaknessCWE-835
Published15 Feb 2018
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

A vulnerability was found in the way RemoteMessageChannel, introduced in jboss-remoting versions 3.3.10, reads from an empty buffer. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service via high CPU caused by an infinite loop.

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2018-02-16.
  • EPSS 16% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.
IndexArtifactStarsFirst seen
Exploit-DB JBoss Remoting 6.14.18 - Denial of Service 2018-02-16

Waratek protection

Outside Waratek scope

A Java vulnerability, but not one Waratek protects. It affects only Java on a user's desktop (applets, Web Start, JavaFX, the installer), sits in a product the Waratek agent can't be installed into, or is in a package we don't expect in business applications. The decision below says which.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued none
  • Review human Researcher
  • Record active
Decided by Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset
Finding A manual classification set this CVE's status to Outside Waratek scope, but the CVE names a tracked product.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 3 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd jboss jboss-remoting generic 3.3.10
nvd redhat jboss enterprise application platform generic 6.0.0 · 6.4.0

References

URLTags
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040323 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271 Vendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530457 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44099/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

Timeline

Published2018-02-15By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.