CVE-2023-5676 (GCVE-0-2023-5676)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-11-15 14:02 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:50
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Eclipse OpenJ9 possible infinite busy hang
Summary
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.
Severity
4.1 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-29 14:41 UTC
CWE
- CWE-364 - Signal Handler Race Condition
Assigner
References
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eclipse Foundation | OpenJ9 |
Affected:
0 , < 0.41.0
(semver)
|
guessed |
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