Medium severity · published Apr 27, 2022
CVE-2021-41041
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,…
5.3
CVSS
1.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.1% · higher than 65% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
JS
Java SE · Oracle
8; 11 · source: NVD
OP
Openj9 · Eclipse
before 0.32.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41041
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41041
Issue Tracking
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=579744
Patch
https://github.com/eclipse-openj9/openj9/pull/14935
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