In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8 a stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.

Metrics

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Attack Requirements Present

User Interaction None

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact Low

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact High

Vulnerable System Availability Impact High

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact High

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Eclipse
  • Openj9
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:openj9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
java-1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.8.45-1.el8_10 cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementary RHSA-2025:8431 2025-06-03T00:00:00Z
References
Link Providers
https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/21762 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/61 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4447 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4447 cve-icon
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk-security-vulnerabilities#IBM_Security_Update_May_2025 cve-icon
https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7233417 cve-icon
History

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Eclipse
Eclipse openj9
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:eclipse:openj9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Eclipse
Eclipse openj9
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00018}

 epss

{'score': 0.00021}

Fri, 06 Jun 2025 22:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementary
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat enterprise Linux

Thu, 22 May 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important

Sat, 10 May 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Fri, 09 May 2025 20:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.51, when used with OpenJDK version 8 a stack based buffer overflow can be caused by modifying a file on disk that is read when the JVM starts.
Title Buffer Overflow in Eclipse OpenJ9
Weaknesses CWE-121
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N'}
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: eclipse

Published: 2025-05-09T20:40:25.953Z

Updated: 2025-05-10T01:46:54.369Z

Reserved: 2025-05-08T18:35:35.538Z

Link: CVE-2025-4447

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-05-10T01:46:49.208Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2025-05-09T21:15:51.410

Modified: 2025-07-31T16:12:32.650

Link: CVE-2025-4447

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2025-05-09T20:40:25Z

Links: CVE-2025-4447 - Bugzilla