CVE-2023-2597

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-05-22 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

In Eclipse Openj9 before version 0.38.0, in the implementation of the shared cache (which is enabled by default in OpenJ9 builds) the size of a string is not properly checked against the size of the buffer.

Affected products

The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9: before 0.38.0 — fixed in 0.38.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9 0.38.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/17259
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/
https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/17259
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240621-0006/

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