CVE-2018-12547
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 2.7% (pctl 86)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 2.74% — more likely to be exploited than 86% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2019-02-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (5)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| eclipse | openj9 |
| redhat | enterprise linux desktop |
| redhat | enterprise linux server |
| redhat | enterprise linux workstation |
| redhat | satellite |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0473
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543659
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0473
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543659
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