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CVE-2019-11772

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-11772 is a critical vulnerability in Eclipse OpenJ9 versions prior to 0.15, where a flaw in the String.getBytes method allows for arbitrary memory writes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 0.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:openj9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0210 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 36,829 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 SupplementaryFixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Satellite 5.8Fixed in: java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2019-11772Important

JDK: Out-of-bounds access in the String.getBytes method

Aug 1, 2019

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2585
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2590
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2592
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2737
bugs.eclipse.org / bugs/show_bug.cgi
Permissions RequiredVendor Advisory