Resource exhaustion in Apache Artemis
CVE-2017-12174
It was found that when Artemis and HornetQ before 2.4.0 are configured with UDP discovery and JGroups discovery a huge byte array is created when receiving an unexpected multicast message. This may result in a heap memory exhaustion, full GC, or OutOfMemoryError.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.060 (93.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.060 · newest: 0.060 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Artemis
- Red Hat, Inc. Hornetq/artemis — versions before 2.4.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 7.0, 6.0, 5.0
- Red Hat Hornetq
- Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform — versions 6.4.0, 7.1.0, 6.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2017-12174?
- CVE-2017-12174 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Artemis, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-03-07.
- How severe is CVE-2017-12174?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2017-12174 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.