CVE-2017-12624

mediumpriority · track · 33EPSS 0.037 · 90 %ileexploit · PoCDEEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

3.70% (90th) EPSS

CVSS 4.3 · medium

Is it mine?

8 products

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Who says so?

5 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Apache CXF supports sending and receiving attachments via either the JAX-WS or JAX-RS specifications. It is possible to craft a message attachment header that could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a CXF web service provider. Both JAX-WS and JAX-RS services are vulnerable to this attack. From Apache CXF 3.2.1 and 3.1.14, message attachment headers that are greater than 300 characters will be rejected by default. This value is configurable via the property "attachment-max-header-size".

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.04.3mediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 8.6 · impact 2.9

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 3.6

v3.05.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.05.2mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

tafamace/CVE-2017-12624tafamace/CVE-2017-12624PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF≤ 3.2.x prior to 3.2.1enisa_euvdEU
Apache Software Foundation Apache CXF≤ prior to 3.1.14enisa_euvdEU
apache cxf3.0.0 → 3.0.16nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cxf3.1.0 → 3.1.14nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache cxf3.2.0 → 3.2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core< 3.0.16osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-core
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core3.1.0 → 3.1.14osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-core
Maven org.apache.cxf:cxf-core3.2.0 → 3.2.1osvUSpkg:maven/org.apache.cxf/cxf-core

advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-1594IBM Tivoli Network Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-28csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in IBM Tivoli Network Manager ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, seine Privilegien auszuweiten, Daten zu manipulieren, nicht spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu verursachen und einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-7vgj-8mw4-hg8rImproper Input Validation in Apache CXF2022-05-13ghsa · osvUS
Apache CXF supports sending and receiving attachments via either the JAX-WS or JAX-RS specifications. It is possible to craft a message attachment header that could lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack on a CXF web service provider. Both JAX-WS and JAX-RS services are vulnerable to this attack. From Apache CXF 3.2.1 and 3.1.14, message attachment headers that are greater than 300 characters will be rejected by default. This value is configurable via the property "attachment-max-header-size".

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd osv cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-11-14modified 2026-06-17

references (43)

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