CVE-2018-12547 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in Eclipse OpenJ9 prior to version 0.12.0, affecting various Eclipse and Red Hat products. The jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() native methods failed to respect the length parameter, potentially allowing buffer overflows when called by existing APIs. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:openj9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:satellite:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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