High Severity Vulnerability
This vulnerability has been rated as High severity. Immediate action is recommended.
CVE-2025-27533
HighVulnerability Description
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache ActiveMQ.
During unmarshalling of OpenWire commands the size value of buffers was not properly validated which could lead to excessive memory allocation and be exploited to cause a denial of service (DoS) by depleting process memory, thereby affecting applications and services that rely on the availability of the ActiveMQ broker when not using mutual TLS connections.
This issue affects Apache ActiveMQ: from 6.0.0 before 6.1.6, from 5.18.0 before 5.18.7, from 5.17.0 before 5.17.7, before 5.16.8. ActiveMQ 5.19.0 is not affected.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version 6.1.6+, 5.19.0+, 5.18.7+, 5.17.7, or 5.16.8 or which fixes the issue.
Existing users may implement mutual TLS to mitigate the risk on affected brokers.
CVSS Metrics
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Vector String:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Known Affected Software
30 configuration(s) from 1 vendor(s)
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.18.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.17.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.18.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.18.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.17.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.18.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.17.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.17.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.17.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.18.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.18.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.16.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.17.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:5.18.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:activemq:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CPUOCT2025
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2025
CPUJUL2025
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2025
References & Resources
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https://lists.apache.org/thread/8hcm25vf7mchg4zbbhnlx2lc5bs705hgsecurity@apache.org Mailing List Vendor Advisory
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2025/05/06/1af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
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https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/06/msg00020.htmlaf854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Severity Details
Key Information
- Published Date
- May 07, 2025
