CVE-2016-4978

Aliases:GHSA-r9vv-xj4w-g8m8
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 10
Modified
Published: 27 Sept 2016, 15:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 00:46

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
29/100
CVSS Score
7.2 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
1.36% LOW
1% probability +0.28%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

27 Sept 2016, 15:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 00:46
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The getObject method of the javax.jms.ObjectMessage class in the (1) JMS Core client, (2) Artemis broker, and (3) Artemis REST component in Apache ActiveMQ Artemis before 1.4.0 might allow remote authenticated users with permission to send messages to the Artemis broker to deserialize arbitrary objects and execute arbitrary code by leveraging gadget classes being present on the Artemis classpath.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.36%• Percentile: 81%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-502•Deserialization of Untrusted Data

    The product deserializes untrusted data without sufficiently ensuring that the resulting data will be valid.

Affected Systems

  • apache•activemq_artemis

    < 1.4.0

  • org.apache.activemq•artemis-pom

    < 1.4.0

  • redhat•jboss_enterprise_application_platform

    6.0.0 | 6.4.0 | 7.0.0 | 7.1.0

References (27)