Vulnerability · Published Nov 15, 2023 · Assigned by eclipse
CVE-2023-5676Eclipse OpenJ9 possible infinite busy hang
Medium 4.1
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in OpenJ9 from Eclipse Foundation. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 35% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 64.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In Eclipse OpenJ9 before version 0.41.0, the JVM can be forced into an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault if a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Foundation | OpenJ9 | 0 – before 0.41.0 |
Weakness: CWE-364 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H