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Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2017-12174

2018-03-07
Severity Assessment
7.5
HIGH
CVSS v3.x Score
Clinical Analysis (Description)

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.

Vector Sequencing

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Impact Consequences

Technical Impact

Unchanged
Scope
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2 Score (Legacy)
7.8

For backward compatibility

EPSS Probability
7.41%

Percentile: 91.8%

Weakness Classification

CWE-CWE-400

Affected Population

Affected Configurations

Total: 27 detected entries

Software List Scrollable
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.1.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.2.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.5.0
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.1.2
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.5.5
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.5.1
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.3.0
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.0.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.5.2
re
jboss_enterprise_application_platform
Vendor: redhat • v7.1.0
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.2.14
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.4.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.5.6
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v2.0.0
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.2.2
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.3.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.0.0
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.1.0
re
jboss_enterprise_application_platform
Vendor: redhat • v6.0.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.5.3
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v2.1.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v2.3.0
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v1.5.4
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.1.1
re
hornetq
Vendor: redhat • v2.2.5
ap
activemq_artemis
Vendor: apache • v2.2.0
re
jboss_enterprise_application_platform
Vendor: redhat • v6.4.0
Timeline

Time Line

PUBLICATION
07 Mar 2018
MODIFICATION
21 Nov 2024
Impact Statistics

Key Metrics

CVSS Score
7.5
HIGH
Products
27
Affected
Remediation Protocol

Recommended Solution

No automatic solution found. Check vendor references.
Patch Library
No direct patch listed in database.
Recommended Actions for Administrators

Immediate Action Plan

1. Inventory

Identify all affected systems in your infrastructure.

2. Assessment

Assess exposure and criticality for your organization.

3. Mitigation

Apply patches or available workarounds.

4. Verification

Test and confirm effectiveness of applied measures.