CVE-2018-12549

moderate-risk

Published 2019-02-11

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.11.0, the OpenJ9 JIT compiler may incorrectly omit a null check on the receiver object of an Unsafe call when accelerating it.

Do I need to act?

0.72% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 9.8/10 Critical

NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (8)

Openj9

Satellite

Enterprise Linux Desktop

Enterprise Linux Server

Enterprise Linux Workstation

Affected Vendors

Redhat Eclipse

References (10)

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238

Issue Tracking https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=544019

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472

Third Party Advisory https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238

Issue Tracking https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=544019

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moderate-risk

Severity 32/34 · Critical

Exploitability 2/34 · Minimal

Exposure 14/34 · Moderate