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critical 9.8

CVE-2019-11772 json

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…

published 2019-07-17 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-3440

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9 0.15.0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-src RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-demo RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-headless RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart RHEL 8 1:1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0
  • java-1.8.0-ibm RHEL 7 EXTRAS 1:1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2019:2590RHSA-2019:2585RHSA-2019:2737RHSA-2019:2592

  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +17 more 1.8.0_sr5.40-30.54.1
  • java-1_8_0-ibm SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP1, SLE Module for Legacy 15 1.8.0_sr5.40-3.24.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:2371-1SUSE-SU-2019:2291-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-11772 updated cvss 9.8

JDK: Out-of-bounds access in the String.getBytes method

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Supplementary java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0, java-1.8.0-ibm-headless 1.8.0.5.40-3.el8_0, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2590
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2592
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2585
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2592
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 7) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-src 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-demo 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7, java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2585
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.8 (RHEL v.6) java-1.8.0-ibm 1.8.0.5.40-1jpp.1.el6_10
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:2737
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.7.1-ibm, java-1.7.1-ibm-src, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.1-ibm, java-1.7.1-ibm-src, java-1.7.1-ibm-demo, java-1.7.1-ibm-jdbc, java-1.7.1-ibm-plugin
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.