Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Artemis and HornetQ
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 software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.apache.activemq:artemis-native | < 2.4.0 | 2.4.0 |
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.hornetq:hornetq-server | < 2.4.0.Final | 2.4.0.Final |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12174
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12174
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2fd3bf2dce042e0ab3f3c94c4767c96bb2e7e6737624d63162df36d@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc96ad63f148f784c84ea7f0a178c84a8985c6afccabbcd9847a82088@%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.apache.activemq:artemis-native, org.hornetq:hornetq-server- Disclosed
- 13.05.2022
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 11:20
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-gc96-h5pr-839j - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.apache.activemq:artemis-native
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