Out-of-bounds Write Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [,1.7.0_331)[1.8.0,1.8.0_321)[9.0.0,11.0.14)[12.0.0,17.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.9% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-2343467
  • published19 Jan 2022
  • disclosed18 Jan 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 18 Jan 2022

CVE-2022-21291  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 7.0.331, 8.0.321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Write. A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot component of OpenJDK processed classes with _fields that needed to be written to in Rewriter::scan_method().

CVSS Base Scores

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