CVE-2015-5254
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 38.2% (pctl 99)
Patch early
EPSS 38.2% — above the 10% action threshold.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 38.19% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2016-01-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | activemq |
| fedoraproject | fedora |
| redhat | openshift |
References
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-5254-announcement.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174371.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174537.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3524
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/6
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05385680
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMQ-6013
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a859563f05fbe7c31916b3178c2697165bd9bbf5a65d1cf62aef27d2%40%3Ccommits.activemq.apache.org%3E
- http://activemq.apache.org/security-advisories.data/CVE-2015-5254-announcement.txt
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174371.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174537.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0489.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3524
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