CVE-2019-11772
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.021 · 82 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (3)
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references (37)
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- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ibm10960422cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2585cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2590cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2592cnnvd
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=549075cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-11772cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154457/Red-Hat-Security-Advisory-2019-2737-01.htmlcnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2919/cnnvd
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