CVE-2018-3214

Priority
Description
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle
Java SE (subcomponent: Sound). Supported versions that are affected are
Java SE: 6u201, 7u191 and 8u182; Java SE Embedded: 8u181; JRockit:
R28.3.19. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker
with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE
Embedded, JRockit. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in
unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of
Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. 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 can also be exploited by
using APIs in the specified Component, e.g. through a web service which
supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts).
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Ubuntu-Description
Tobias Ospelt discovered that the Resource Interchange File Format
(RIFF) reader implementation in OpenJDK contained an infinite loop. An
attacker could use this to cause a denial of service.
Notes
sbeattiefixed in openjdk-9 and newer.
Package
Upstream:needs-triage
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:DNE
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE (trusty was needs-triage)
Patches:
Package
Upstream:needs-triage
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:released (8u191-b12-0ubuntu0.18.04.1)
Ubuntu 16.04 ESM:released (8u181-b13-1ubuntu0.16.04.1)
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
Package
Upstream:not-affected
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:not-affected
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM:DNE
Patches:
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Updated: 2022-04-13 13:32:23 UTC (commit f411bd370d482ef4385c4e751d121a4055fbc009)