CVE-2017-12174

HIGHNVD 7.57.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 7.4%, top 8% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 6%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

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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.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(medium)
EPSS
92.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

March 7, 2018

Last Modified

June 15, 2026

Advisory Details (10)

Auto-updated Jun 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat Patch Available

1498378 – (CVE-2017-12174) CVE-2017-12174 artemis/hornetq: memory exhaustion via UDP and JGroups discovery

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-12174
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1.1 for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0481
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0480
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0479
redhat Patch Available
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0478
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0275
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0271
redhat Patch Available

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0270
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https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0269
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Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0268

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2017-12174(10)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(10)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
redhatartemis2020-06-15redhat
redhateap7-xml-security-0:2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el72018-03-12redhat
redhateap7-xml-security-0:2.0.9-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el62018-03-12redhat
redhatapache-artemis2018-03-12redhat
redhateap7-jboss-ec2-eap-0:7.1.1-3.1.GA_redhat_3.ep7.el72018-03-12redhat
redhatpicketlink-federation-0:2.5.4-20.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep6.el72018-02-05redhat
redhathornetq2018-02-05redhat
redhatpicketlink-federation-0:2.5.4-20.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep6.el52018-02-05redhat
redhatpicketlink-federation-0:2.5.4-20.SP18_redhat_1.1.ep6.el62018-02-05redhat
redhatjboss-ec2-eap-0:7.5.19-2.Final_redhat_2.ep6.el62018-02-05redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(2 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
org.apache.activemq:artemis-native1.0.0 ... 2.3.0 (16 versions)2.4.0—
org.hornetq:hornetq-server2.3.0.BETA2 ... 2.4.0.Beta3 (30 versions)2.4.0.Final—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 6× in last 7d / 36× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 08:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-07-04 12:26 UTCOSV refresh
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  1. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-06-16 00:09 UTCOSV refresh
  7. 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  32. 2026-05-28 10:46 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-05-28 10:46 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-05-27 20:35 UTCOSV refresh
  35. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-12174?
CVE-2017-12174 is a high vulnerability published on March 7, 2018. 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.
When was CVE-2017-12174 disclosed?
CVE-2017-12174 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on March 7, 2018, with the most recent update on June 15, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-12174 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-12174 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 92.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-12174?
CVE-2017-12174 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-12174?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-12174, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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