CVE-2019-11772: In Eclipse OpenJ9 prior to 0.15, the String.getBytes(int, int, byte[], int) method does not verify that the provided byte array is non-null nor that the…

PriorityP349critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

2.10%

79.5th percentile

In Eclipse OpenJ9 prior to 0.15, the String.getBytes(int, int, byte[], int) method does not verify that the provided byte array is non-null nor that the provided index is in bounds when compiled by the JIT. This allows arbitrary writes to any 32-bit address or beyond the end of a byte array within Java code run under a SecurityManager.

Affected

2 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
eclipse	openj9	< 0.15.0	0.15.0
the_eclipse_foundation	eclipse_openj9	>= unspecified < 0.15.0	0.15.0

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.07.5HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL

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