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CVE-2017-3203
Pivotal/Spring Spring-flex's Action Message Format (AMF3) Java implementation is vulnerable to insecure deserialization
High8.1EPSS 6.2%
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Description
The Java implementations of AMF3 deserializers in Pivotal/Spring Spring-flex derive class instances from java.io.Externalizable rather than the AMF3 specification's recommendation of flash.utils.IExternalizable. A remote attacker with the ability to spoof or control an RMI server connection may be able to send serialized Java objects that execute arbitrary code when deserialized.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.springframework.flex:spring-flexGHSA-8v4h-j42h-wfhc (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://codewhitesec.blogspot.com/2017/04/amf.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#307983 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- http://www.securityweek.com/flaws-java-amf-libraries-allow-remote-code-execution (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 97376 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-8v4h-j42h-wfhc (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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