CVE-2019-12406
This leaves open the possibility of a denial of service type attack, where a malicious user crafts a message containing a very large number of message attachments.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (6.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Apache CXF before 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 does not restrict the number of message attachments present in a given message. This leaves open the possibility of a denial of service type attack, where a malicious user crafts a message containing a very large number of message attachments. From the 3.3.4 and 3.2.11 releases, a default limit of 50 message attachments is enforced. This is configurable via the message property "attachment-max-count".
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.26% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-770
- Affected
- apache/cxf · oracle/commerce guided search · oracle/flexcube private banking · oracle/retail order broker
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 6.3% 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
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12406.txt.ascVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r92238967ba2783d3ab5a483f2e17f5fdaa8ace98990f69f9e8e15de0%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rabc395b38acb7f2465bfbf0bc16d6e1e95720c89bea87abe8808eeea%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2a6dab1f781f55326543c56dc29ea677759439ddfeba920c83037e6%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca465c9d1e1969281338522b76701c85a07abd045c494261137236e0%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- http://cxf.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2019-12406.txt.ascVendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r92238967ba2783d3ab5a483f2e17f5fdaa8ace98990f69f9e8e15de0%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rabc395b38acb7f2465bfbf0bc16d6e1e95720c89bea87abe8808eeea%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2a6dab1f781f55326543c56dc29ea677759439ddfeba920c83037e6%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rca465c9d1e1969281338522b76701c85a07abd045c494261137236e0%40%3Cissues.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.