What is CVE-2019-17634?

CVE-2019-17634 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Memory Analyzer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2020-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2019-17634?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.

XSS in Eclipse Memory Analyzer

CVE-2019-17634

Eclipse Memory Analyzer version 1.9.1 and earlier is subject to a cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability when generating an HTML report from a malicious heap dump. The user must chose todownload, open the malicious heap dump and generate an HTML report for the problem to occur. The heap dump could be specially crafted, or could come from a crafted application or from an application processing malicious data. The vulnerability is present whena report is generated and opened from the Memory Analyzer graphical user interface, or when a report generated in batch mode is then opened in Memory Analyzer or by a web browser. The vulnerability could possibly allow code execution on the local system whenthe report is opened in Memory Analyzer.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Eclipse Memory_analyzer
The Eclipse Foundation Memory Analyzer — versions All versions prior to version 1.9.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-17634?: CVE-2019-17634 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Memory Analyzer, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2020-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2019-17634?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.