`CVE-2018-3209`

Affected software	2 products, listed below
Affected versions	Java SE: 8u181
Severity	8.3 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2018
Published	17 Oct 2018
Updated	17 Jun 2026

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JavaFX). The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 8u182. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker and 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 applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), 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 8.3 (Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).

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 exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 3.0% chance in 30 days

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 automated Inferred
Record active

Decided by	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.
Finding	This CVE affects Oracle's JavaFX component, which the Waratek agent does not cover. Oracle does not assign JavaFX its own CPE product, so this is detected from the CVE description rather than CPE data.

Decided by

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.

Finding

This CVE affects Oracle's JavaFX component, which the Waratek agent does not cover. Oracle does not assign JavaFX its own CPE product, so this is detected from the CVE description rather than CPE data.

CVSS

8.3 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/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 8.3 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H NVD Primary published

CVSS 2.0 5.1 none AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	8.3	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`	NVD	Primary	published
CVSS 2.0	5.1	none	`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/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 2018 ↗	CPU	2018-Q4	Oracle Java SE / JavaFX (Java SE: 8u181) Oracle's note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), 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).

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2018 ↗

CPU

2018-Q4

Oracle Java SE / JavaFX (Java SE: 8u181)
Oracle's note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), 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).

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Java SE	JavaFX	Java SE: 8u181	8.0.181.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Java SE

JavaFX

Java SE: 8u181

8.0.181.0

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	oracle	jdk	javase	1.8.0:update181
nvd	oracle	jre	javase	1.8.0:update181

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

oracle

jdk

javase

1.8.0:update181

nvd

oracle

jre

javase

1.8.0:update181

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:** MULTIPLE, JAVAFX, SEE NOTE2, NO AUTH REMOTE EXPLOIT **Products:** ORACLE JDK, JAVA SE, ORACLE JAVA SE

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3002	ADVISORY, RHSA-2018:3002
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-3209	REPORT, RHSA-2018:3002
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3003	ADVISORY, RHSA-2018:3003
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html	Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105590	Broken Link
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041889	Broken Link
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-10	Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0001/	Third Party Advisory

URL

Timeline

Published	2018-10-17	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2018-10-17

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

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

How VRT decided (7 of 24 rules ran)

7 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 no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification withheld A historical classification of No source fix or exploit is superseded by Oracle's Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2018 risk-matrix note (java-client-side)

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component decided it matched Outside Waratek scope Description names the "JavaFX" component ("component: JavaFX")

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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