{
    "id": "CVE-2015-5254",
    "published": "2016-01-08 19:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:28:45",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-20",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.38191",
    "epss_percentile": "0.98521",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-02 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "EPSS 38.2% — above the 10% action threshold."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "apache",
            "product": "activemq"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "fedoraproject",
            "product": "fedora"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "redhat",
            "product": "openshift"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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",
        "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"
    ]
}