{"id":"USN-3734-1","summary":"openjdk-8 vulnerability","details":"It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK\ndid not properly validate arguments passed to it. An attacker could\nuse this to possibly construct a class that caused a denial of service\n(excessive memory consumption).\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:23Z","published":"2018-08-10T01:17:46Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2018-2952"],"upstream":["CVE-2018-2952","UBUNTU-CVE-2018-2952"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3734-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2952"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"openjdk-8","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/openjdk-8@8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"}]}],"versions":["8u66-b01-5","8u72-b05-1ubuntu1","8u72-b05-5","8u72-b05-6","8u72-b15-1","8u72-b15-2ubuntu1","8u72-b15-2ubuntu3","8u72-b15-3ubuntu1","8u77-b03-1ubuntu2","8u77-b03-3ubuntu1","8u77-b03-3ubuntu2","8u77-b03-3ubuntu3","8u91-b14-0ubuntu4~16.04.1","8u91-b14-3ubuntu1~16.04.1","8u111-b14-2ubuntu0.16.04.2","8u121-b13-0ubuntu1.16.04.2","8u131-b11-0ubuntu1.16.04.2","8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.2","8u131-b11-2ubuntu1.16.04.3","8u151-b12-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","8u162-b12-0ubuntu0.16.04.2","8u171-b11-0ubuntu0.16.04.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-demo"},{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-jdk"},{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-jdk-headless"},{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-jre"},{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-jre-headless"},{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-jre-jamvm"},{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-jre-zero"},{"binary_version":"8u181-b13-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","binary_name":"openjdk-8-source"}]},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2018-2952","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3734-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}