What is CVE-2023-2597?

CVE-2023-2597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2023-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2023-2597?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Eclipse Openj9

CVE-2023-2597

In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.38.0, in the implementation of the shared cache (which is enabled by default in OpenJ9 builds) the size of a string is not properly checked against the size of the buffer.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.004 (34.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Eclipse Openj9
Eclipse Foundation Openj9 — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-120 — Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow)
CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

emo@eclipse.org (Patch)
emo@eclipse.org

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-2597?: CVE-2023-2597 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eclipse Openj9, classified under Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input (Classic Buffer Overflow). CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2023-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2023-2597?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.