CVE-2021-20318

7: Incomplete fix of CVE-2016-4978 in HornetQ library

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

The HornetQ component of Artemis in EAP 7 was not updated with the fix for CVE-2016-4978. A remote attacker could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the application using a JMS ObjectMessage.

El componente HornetQ de Artemis en EAP versión 7 no fue actualizado con la corrección de CVE-2016-4978. Un atacante remoto podría usar este fallo para ejecutar código arbitrario con los permisos de la aplicación usando un JMS ObjectMessage

Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7 is a platform for Java applications based on the WildFly application runtime. This release of Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 serves as a replacement for Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.2, and includes bug fixes and enhancements. See the Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.3 Release Notes for information about the most significant bug fixes and enhancements included in this release.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-12-17 CVE Reserved
2021-12-23 CVE Published
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-502: Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2010559	2022-01-07
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-20318	2022-02-02

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform"				7.3.9 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.3.9"		general_availability		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Jboss Enterprise Application Platform Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform"				7.4.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Jboss Enterprise Application Platform" and version "7.4.0"		general_availability		Affected