CVE-2021-41041 (GCVE-0-2021-41041)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-27 02:10 – Updated: 2024-08-04 02:59
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Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-252 - Unchecked Return Value
  • CWE-843 - Access of Resource Using Incompatible Type ('Type Confusion')
  • CWE-908 - Use of Uninitialized Resource
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
The Eclipse Foundation Eclipse OpenJ9 Affected: unspecified , < 0.32.0 (custom)
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