What is CVE-2018-12548?

CVE-2018-12548 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under Untrusted Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-31.

How severe is CVE-2018-12548?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Eclipse Openj9

CVE-2018-12548

In OpenJDK + Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.11.0 builds, the public jdk.crypto.jniprovider.NativeCrypto class contains public static natives which accept pointer values that are dereferenced in the native code.

EPSS: 0.011 (62.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Eclipse Openj9 — versions 0.11.0
The Eclipse Foundation Openj9 — versions 0.11.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-822 — Untrusted Pointer Dereference
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

emo@eclipse.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12548?: CVE-2018-12548 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under Untrusted Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-31.
How severe is CVE-2018-12548?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.