What is CVE-2022-3676?

CVE-2022-3676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2022-3676?

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

Improper input validation in Eclipse Openj9

CVE-2022-3676

In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.35.0, interface calls can be inlined without a runtime type check. Malicious bytecode could make use of this inlining to access or modify memory via an incompatible type.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2022-10-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-19.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.007 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Eclipse Openj9
The Eclipse Foundation Openj9 — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/16122 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/eclipse/omr/pull/6773 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
gitlab.eclipse.org/eclipsefdn/emo-team/emo/-/issues/389 (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3676?: CVE-2022-3676 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2022-3676?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.