SecuriTricks - CVE-2025-4447

Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8 a stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Eclipse	Openj9	<0.51
Openjdk	Openjdk	*

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-121

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function).

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	eclipse	openj9	<0.51	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
a	openjdk	openjdk	/	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/21762

https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/61

CVSS Score

7.0 / 10

CVSS Data - 4.0

Attack Vector: LOCAL
Attack Complexity: LOW
Attack Requirements: PRESENT
Privileges Required: LOW
User Interaction: NONE
Scope:
Confidentiality Impact: LOW
Integrity Impact: HIGH
Availability Impact: HIGH
Exploit Maturity: NOT_DEFINED

CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

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Timeline

Published: May 9, 2025, 9:15 p.m.
Last Modified: May 9, 2025, 9:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

emo@eclipse.org

CVE-2025-4447