CVE-2021-28167 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2021-28167

In Eclipse Openj9 to version 0.25.0, usage of the jdk.internal.reflect.ConstantPool...

Vulnerability Description

In Eclipse Openj9 to version 0.25.0, usage of the jdk.internal.reflect.ConstantPool API causes the JVM in some cases to pre-resolve certain constant pool entries. This allows a user to call static methods or access static members without running the class initialization method, and may allow a user to observe uninitialized values.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

The Eclipse Foundation

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Affected Software

Eclipse OpenJ9
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: April 21st, 2021
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-909

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.