CVE-2025-4447

Buffer Overflow in Eclipse OpenJ9

Severity Score

7.0

*CVSS v4

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

Attend

*SSVC

Descriptions

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8 a stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.

A flaw was found in Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8. A stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.

An update for java-1.8.0-ibm is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Attack Requirements

Present

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

System

Vulnerable | Subsequent

Confidentiality

Low

High

Integrity

High

None

Availability

High

None

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:Attend

Exploitation

None

Automatable

Yes

Tech. Impact

Total

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2025-05-08 CVE Reserved
2025-05-09 CVE Published
2025-05-10 CVE Updated
2025-06-10 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-121: Stack-based Buffer Overflow

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/21762
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/61

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-4447	2025-06-03
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2365395	2025-06-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Eclipse Foundation Search vendor "Eclipse Foundation"		OpenJ9 Search vendor "Eclipse Foundation" for product "OpenJ9"				>= 0.8.0 <= 0.49.0 Search vendor "Eclipse Foundation" for product "OpenJ9" and version " >= 0.8.0 <= 0.49.0"		en		Affected