Vulnerability · Published Apr 27, 2022 · Assigned by eclipse
CVE-2021-41041
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity type confusion in Eclipse OpenJ9 from The Eclipse Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 65% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 34.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.32.0, Java 8 & 11 fail to throw the exception captured during bytecode verification when verification is triggered by a MethodHandle invocation, allowing unverified methods to be invoked using MethodHandles.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| The Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse OpenJ9 | unspecified – before 0.32.0 |
Weakness: CWE-252, CWE-843, CWE-908
References
- https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/14935 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=579744 x_refsource_CONFIRM