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.
CVE-2018-1041
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 96.5%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 15, 2018
Last Modified
November 21, 2024
References (16)
- secalert@redhathttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040323
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271
- secalert@redhathttps://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275
- secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530457
- secalert@redhathttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44099/
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040323
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1530457
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2018-1041(5)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2018:0275Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: jboss-ec2-eap security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- RHSA-2018:0271Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.19 security update
- RHSA-2018:0268Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.19 security update
- RHSA-2018:0270Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.19 security update
- RHSA-2018:0269Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.4.19 security update
Patch Availability(5)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhat | jboss-remoting | 2018-02-05 | redhat |
| redhat | picketlink-federation-0:2.5.4-20.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 2018-02-05 | redhat |
| redhat | picketlink-federation-0:2.5.4-20.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6 | 2018-02-05 | redhat |
| redhat | jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el6 | 2018-02-05 | redhat |
| redhat | picketlink-federation-0:2.5.4-20.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep6.el7 | 2018-02-05 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
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Publicly available exploits
(1 reference)Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.
- Exploit-DBEDB-44099First seen Feb 16, 2018
JBoss Remoting 6.14.18 - Denial of Service
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