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CVE-2015-5254
Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to…
Critical9.8EPSS 38.2%
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- redhat
Description
Apache ActiveMQ 5.x before 5.13.0 does not restrict the classes that can be serialized in the broker, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized Java Message Service (JMS) ObjectMessage object.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 38.2% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.activemq:activemq-clientGHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 (opens in a new tab)
References (13)
- DSA-3524 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2035 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-7ca4368b0c (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20151208 [ANNOUNCE] CVE-2015-5254 - Unsafe deserialization in ActiveMQ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:0489 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-eefc5a6762 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2036 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6013 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-5254-announcement.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [activemq-commits] 20190327 svn commit: r1042639 - in /websites/production/activemq/content/activemq-website: ./ projects/artemis/download/ projects/classic/download/ projects/cms/download/ security-advisories.data/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-q9hr-3pg4-3jp4 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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