Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting eclipse/openj9 package, versions [0.8.0,0.51.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ECLIPSEOPENJ9-10575112
  • published2 Jul 2025
  • disclosed9 May 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 May 2025

CVE-2025-4447  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade eclipse/openj9 to version 0.51.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow due to the behavior of props_file_open() in propsfile.c. When using OpenJDK 8, an overflow can be triggered by a malicious file that is present on the filesystem during JVM startup.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1