Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Feb 11, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2018-12547
CVE-2018-12547
Description
In Eclipse OpenJ9, prior to the 0.12.0 release, the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() native methods ignored the length parameter. This affects existing APIs that called the functions to exceed the allocated buffer. This functions were not directly callable by non-native user code.
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Affected products
10cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- The Eclipse Foundation/Eclipse OpenJ9v5Range: unspecified
Patches
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References
7- bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cginvdExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0473nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0474nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640nvdThird Party Advisory
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238nvd
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