CVE-2018-12547

CRITICAL

Eclipse OpenJ9 <0.12.0 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9, prior to the 0.12.0 release, the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() native methods ignored the length parameter. This affects existing APIs that called the functions to exceed the allocated buffer. This functions were not directly callable by non-native user code.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543659
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0473
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0078
EPSS Percentile 73.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119 CWE-20
Status published
Products (8)
eclipse/openj9 < 0.12.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_server 7.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0
redhat/satellite 5.8
Published Feb 11, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026