CVE-2018-2579
OpenJDK: unsynchronized access to encryption key data (Libraries, 8172525)
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · January 16, 2018
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
It was discovered that multiple encryption key classes in the Libraries component of OpenJDK did not properly synchronize access to their internal data. This could possibly cause a multi-threaded Java application to apply weak encryption to data because of the use of a key that was zeroed out.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 3.7CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE-567 · Unsynchronized Access to Shared Data in a Multithreaded Context