CVE-2017-12174
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 7, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:02 AM UTC
4 products affected across 2 vendorsJBoss Enterprise Application PlatformArtemisHornetq
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 2.4.0
Affected range stops below 2.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
v < 2.4.0
Affected range stops below 2.4.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
redhat-enterprise-linux (environment)
Enterprise Linux· Red Hatrpmdevice
80%All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400
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