Description
In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions prior to 0.63.0, the JITServer component is vulnerable to a pre-authentication remote denial of service. When processing the initial 4-byte length field of an incoming TCP connection, an integer overflow in `MessageBuffer::computeRequiredCapacity()` causes the receiving compilation worker thread to enter an infinite loop consuming ~100% CPU. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by opening a small number of crafted TCP connections to exhaust the entire worker thread pool, silently halting compilation services for all connected client JVMs.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Foundation | Eclipse OpenJ9 | 0.8.0 – < 0.63 | 0.63 |
Advisories 1
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