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title: "CVE-2018-10237\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2018-10237

Publication date 26 April 2018

Last updated 26 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**5.9 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-10237?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Unbounded memory allocation in Google Guava 11.0 through 24.x before 24.1.1
allows remote attackers to conduct denial of service attacks against
servers that depend on this library and deserialize attacker-provided data,
because the AtomicDoubleArray class (when serialized with Java
serialization) and the CompoundOrdering class (when serialized with GWT
serialization) perform eager allocation without appropriate checks on what
a client has sent and whether the data size is reasonable.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| guava-libraries | 26.04 LTS resolute | Not affected |
| 25.10 questing | Not affected |
| 25.04 plucky | Not affected |
| 24.10 oracular | Not affected |
| 24.04 LTS noble | Not affected |
| 23.10 mantic | Not affected |
| 23.04 lunar | Not affected |
| 22.10 kinetic | Not affected |
| 22.04 LTS jammy | Not affected |
| 20.04 LTS focal | Needs evaluation |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Needs evaluation |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Needs evaluation |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Needs evaluation |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

5.9 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | High |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 5.9 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-10237)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10237)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2018-10237)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-10237)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10237>