#VU33491 Input validation error - CVE-2018-3214 

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#VU33491 Input validation error - CVE-2018-3214

Published: October 17, 2018 / Updated: August 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU33491
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-3214
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
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Description

The 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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can 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. via a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts).


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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