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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.98%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.98% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- apache/artemis · redhat/hornetq · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 6.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12174Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480Vendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12174Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.