CVE-2025-4447 — HIGH (7.8) — White Hats Nepal

Q: What is CVE-2025-4447?

CVE-2025-4447 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8 a stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-4447?

CVE-2025-4447 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2025-4447?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Eclipse Openj9.

Vulnerability Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8 a stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.

CVSS Score

7.8

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

HIGH

Integrity

HIGH

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Eclipse	Openj9	>= 0.8.0, <= 0.51.0

Related Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-121

References

https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/21762Issue Tracking
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/61Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

FAQ

What is CVE-2025-4447?

CVE-2025-4447 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH). In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8 a stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.

How severe is CVE-2025-4447?

CVE-2025-4447 has been rated HIGH with a CVSS base score of 7.8/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2025-4447?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Eclipse Openj9.