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CVE-2018-12547

Published: Feb 11, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-20
9.8CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 15.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-20CWE-119

Affected Products

redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
satelliteOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Eclipse Foundation
oss-project·DE
Eclipse OpenJ9
OSS Libraries
The Eclipse Foundation
oss-projectaka eclipse jetty, eclipse openj9, eclipse mosquitto
Eclipse OpenJ9
OSS Libraries
eclipse
oss-project·BEaka eclipse-foundation
openj9
DevTools & CI
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-12547
access.redhat.com
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543659
bugs.eclipse.org
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474
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