# CVE-2018-10237: Denial of Service in Google Guava

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2018-10237-denial-of-service-in-google-guava  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2020-06-15  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2018-10237 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2020-06-15

Denial of Service in Google Guava

Technologies: [com.google.guava:guava (Maven)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/com-google-guava-guava). Vendors: [Maven](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/maven).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2018-10237 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2018-10237 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2018-10237?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 15 June 2020.

**Which products and versions are affected?** com.google.guava:guava (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0,fixed=24.1.1-android; com.google.guava:guava-jdk5 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=17.0; com.googlecode.guava-osgi:guava-osgi (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=11.0.1; de.mhus.ports:vaadin-shared-deps (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=7.4.0; and 1 more.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2018-10237?** Yes. com.google.guava:guava (Maven): upgrade to 24.1.1-android or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**Am I affected by CVE-2018-10237?** Check whether you run com.google.guava:guava (Maven), com.google.guava:guava-jdk5 (Maven), com.googlecode.guava-osgi:guava-osgi (Maven) or one of the others listed at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## How to fix

- com.google.guava:guava (Maven): upgrade to 24.1.1-android or later

  ```sh
  # set com.google.guava:guava to 24.1.1-android in your pom.xml or build.gradle
  ```


## Affected products

- com.google.guava:guava (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=11.0,fixed=24.1.1-android
- com.google.guava:guava-jdk5 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=17.0
- com.googlecode.guava-osgi:guava-osgi (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=11.0.1
- de.mhus.ports:vaadin-shared-deps (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=7.4.0
- org.hudsonci.lib.guava:guava (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=14.0.1-h-3
- org.sonatype.sisu:sisu-guava (Maven)

## Identifiers

- CVE-2018-10237
- GHSA-mvr2-9pj6-7w5j

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