CVE-2024-21094: Low severity Oracle GraalVM vulnerability
A flaw was found in the C2 compiler in the Hotspot component of OpenJDK. C2 compilation fails with "Exceeded noderegs array" due to an improper size validation and out-of-bounds array access, potentially resulting in a corruption of the JVM memory.
Upstream OpenJDK issue: https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8317507
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An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the VM component could allow a remote attacker to cause no confidentiality impact, low integrity impact, and no availability impact.
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Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u401, 8u401-perf, 11.0.22, 17.0.10, 21.0.2, 22; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.10, 21.0.2, 22; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.13 and 21.3.9. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2024-21094?
CVE-2024-21094 is considered a high severity vulnerability due to the potential for JVM memory corruption.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21094?
To fix CVE-2024-21094, you should update OpenJDK to the recommended patched versions for your system.
Which versions of OpenJDK are affected by CVE-2024-21094?
CVE-2024-21094 affects various versions of OpenJDK including versions 8, 11, 17, and 21 up to specific builds.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2024-21094?
CVE-2024-21094 is an out-of-bounds access vulnerability found in the C2 compiler of the Hotspot component of OpenJDK.
What products are impacted by CVE-2024-21094?
CVE-2024-21094 impacts IBM Storage Protect Backup-Archive Client as well as several OpenJDK packages on Debian.