Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in OpenJ9 - CVE-2024-3933
Published: June 12, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91984
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-3933
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Eclipse
Affected software:
OpenJ9
OpenJ9
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability occurs when executing an arraycopy sequence while the Concurrent Scavenge Garbage Collection cycle is active and the source and destination memory regions for arraycopy overlap. A local user can exploit the vulnerability to read and write to addresses beyond the end of the array range.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-3933
Install updates from vendor's website.