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CVE-2018-12549

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-02-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-111

Description

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.11.0, the OpenJ9 JIT compiler may incorrectly omit a null check on the receiver object of an Unsafe call when accelerating it.

Affected products

• The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9: 0.11.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 6.0, 7.0
• Red Hat Satellite 6: 5.8

References

• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=544019
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0469
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0472
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0640
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1238
• https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=544019

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