Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting activemq package, versions [5.0.0,5.15.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
12.03% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ACTIVEMQ-2382508
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed28 Mar 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 28 Mar 2019

CVE-2019-0222  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade activemq to version 5.15.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE). In Apache ActiveMQ 5.0.0 - 5.15.8, unmarshalling corrupt MQTT frame can lead to broker Out of Memory exception making it unresponsive.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1