CVE-2018-12547 — CRITICAL (9.8)

Q: How severe is CVE-2018-12547?

CVE-2018-12547 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2018-12547?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Eclipse Openj9, Redhat Satellite, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.

Vulnerability 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.

CVSS Score

9.8

CRITICAL

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

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Eclipse	Openj9	< 0.12.0
Redhat	Satellite	5.8
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Desktop	6.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Server	6.0
Redhat	Enterprise Linux Workstation	6.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20 CWE-119

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0473Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543659ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0473Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543659ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2018-12547?

CVE-2018-12547 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). 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 a...

How severe is CVE-2018-12547?

CVE-2018-12547 has been rated CRITICAL with a CVSS base score of 9.8/10. This is considered a critical vulnerability requiring immediate attention.

Is there a patch for CVE-2018-12547?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Eclipse Openj9, Redhat Satellite, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.