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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. This may result in a heap memory exhaustion, full GC, or OutOfMemoryError.

Severity
High 7.5
Published
7 Mar 2018
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
1 Nov 2026
Fixed in
2.4.0
Exploit chance
6.1% in the next 30 daysHigher than 93% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 11 Nov 2026
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Apache ActiveMQ ArtemisServers and applications · cpe:a:apache:artemis
  • Every version before 2.4.0

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12174
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12174