THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2018-1517
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1517

Software Development Kit vulnerability

CVSS
5.9
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
Software Development Kit
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2018-08-20

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1517

  • Confirm whether Ibm Software Development Kit is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1517.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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