CVE-2019-11772

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2019-11772  

Impact: Important Public Date: 2019-08-01 CWE: CWE-119 Bugzilla: 1738547: CVE-2019-11772 IBM JDK: Out-of-bounds access in the String.getBytes method In Eclipse OpenJ9 prior to 0.15, the String.getBytes(int, int, byte[], int) method does not verify that the provided byte array is non-null nor that the provided index is in bounds when compiled by the JIT. This allows arbitrary writes to any 32-bit address or beyond the end of a byte array within Java code run under a SecurityManager.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In Eclipse OpenJ9 prior to 0.15, the String.getBytes(int, int, byte[], int) method does not verify that the provided byte array is non-null nor that the provided index is in bounds when compiled by the JIT. This allows arbitrary writes to any 32-bit address or beyond the end of a byte array within Java code run under a SecurityManager.

Find out more about CVE-2019-11772 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 8.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 5 java-1.8.0-ibm Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 java-1.8.0-ibm Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.1-ibm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.8.0-ibm Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.8.0-ibm Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.7.1-ibm Not affected
Unless explicitly stated as not affected, all previous versions of packages in any minor update stream of a product listed here should be assumed vulnerable, although may not have been subject to full analysis.