CVE-2021-4040

MEDIUM

AMQ Broker < 7.10.0 - Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via Maliciously Crafted Messages

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

A flaw was found in AMQ Broker. This issue can cause a partial interruption to the availability of AMQ Broker via an Out of memory (OOM) condition. This flaw allows an attacker to partially disrupt availability to the broker through a sustained attack of maliciously crafted messages. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2028254
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-4040
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/ARTEMIS-3593
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/apache/activemq-artemis/pull/3871/commits

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0423
EPSS Percentile 88.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-787
Status published
Products (3)
apache/activemq_artemis < 2.19.1
org.apache.activemq/artemis-core-client 0 - 2.19.1Maven
redhat/amq_broker < 7.10.0
Published Aug 24, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026