CVE-2017-12174
Published:March 07, 2018
Updated:October 07, 2026
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.
Affected Packages
org.hornetq:hornetq-server (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=2.3.0.BETA2 <2.4.0.FinalFix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.4.0.Finalorg.apache.activemq:artemis-native (JAVA):
Affected version(s) >=1.0.0 <2.4.0Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 2.4.0Related Resources (15)
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
EPSS
Base Score:
5.98