Eclipse OpenJ9 up to 0.23 UTF-8 Encoding stack-based overflow

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Eclipse OpenJ9 up to 0.23. Impacted is an unknown function of the component UTF-8 Encoding Handler. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-27221. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Eclipse OpenJ9 up to 0.23 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component UTF-8 Encoding Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. 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). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 01/21/2021. It is possible to read the advisory at bugs.eclipse.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-27221. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208580 (CentOS 7 : java-1.7.1-ibm (RHSA-2021:0733)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208580). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Stack-based overflow
CWE: CWE-121 / CWE-119
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 208580
Nessus Name: CentOS 7 : java-1.7.1-ibm (RHSA-2021:0733)

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

10/19/2020 🔍
01/21/2021 +94 days 🔍
01/21/2021 +0 days 🔍
10/15/2024 +1363 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugs.eclipse.org
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2020-27221 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-27221
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-168503

Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2021 08:13
Updated: 10/15/2024 15:43
Changes: 01/21/2021 08:13 (36), 02/18/2021 13:07 (3), 02/18/2021 13:09 (18), 10/15/2024 15:43 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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