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…
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.060 (92.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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.
Affected products
- Apache Artemis
- Red Hat, Inc. Hornetq/artemis — versions before 2.4.0
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0, 6.0, 5.0
- Redhat Hornetq
- Redhat Jboss_enterprise_application_platform — versions 6.4.0, 7.1.0, 6.0.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, 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.