Oracle GraalVM for JDK/GraalVM Enterprise Edition Tools denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle GraalVM for JDK and GraalVM Enterprise Edition Oracle GraalVM for JDK 17.0.9/21.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition 20.3.12/21.3.8/22.3.4. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Tools. Performing a manipulation results in denial of service. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2023-5072. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Oracle GraalVM for JDK and GraalVM Enterprise Edition Oracle GraalVM for JDK 17.0.9/21.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition 20.3.12/21.3.8/22.3.4 (Programming Tool Software). This affects some unknown processing of the component Tools. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. This is going to have an impact on availability.

The weakness was shared 01/16/2024 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2024. The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-5072. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 253225 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-5072), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (253225) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1989). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • SAP Software

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.4

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 253225
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2023-5072

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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09/19/2023 🔍
01/16/2024 +119 days 🔍
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01/17/2024 +1 days 🔍
09/20/2025 +611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2024
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-5072 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-5072
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251229
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-1989 - SAP Patchday September 2025: Mehrere Schwachstellen

Entryinfo

Created: 01/17/2024 09:10
Updated: 09/20/2025 00:58
Changes: 01/17/2024 09:10 (39), 02/09/2024 15:24 (2), 02/09/2024 15:30 (11), 08/24/2025 19:18 (17), 09/10/2025 03:49 (7), 09/20/2025 00:58 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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