What is CVE-2021-28167?

CVE-2021-28167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under CWE-909. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-21.

How severe is CVE-2021-28167?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9

CVE-2021-28167

In Eclipse Openj9 to version 0.25.0, usage of the jdk.internal.reflect.ConstantPool API causes the JVM in some cases to pre-resolve certain constant pool entries. This allows a user to call static methods or access static members without r…

EPSS: 0.011 (62.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Eclipse Openj9
The Eclipse Foundation Openj9 — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-909

References

emo@eclipse.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
emo@eclipse.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-28167?: CVE-2021-28167 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under CWE-909. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-04-21.
How severe is CVE-2021-28167?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.