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critical9.8

CVE-2018-12547

In Eclipse OpenJ9, prior to the 0.12.0 release, the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() native methods ignored the length parameter.

Impact

In Eclipse OpenJ9, prior to the 0.12.0 release, the jio_snprintf() and jio_vsnprintf() native methods ignored the length parameter. This affects existing APIs that called the functions to exceed the allocated buffer. This functions were not directly callable by non-native user code.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
EclipseOpenj9
before 0.12.0
RedhatSatellite
Version 5.8
RedhatEnterprise Linux Desktop
Versions 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Server
Versions 6.0, 7.0
RedhatEnterprise Linux Workstation
Versions 6.0, 7.0

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