CVE-2023-5676
Eclipse OpenJ9 possible infinite busy hang
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: November 15, 2023 at 02:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:49 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenJ9
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
In Eclipse OpenJ9 before version 0.41.0, the JVM can be forced into an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault if a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) is received before the JVM has finished initializing.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignement/-/issues/13Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241108-0002/SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-364CWE-362
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