CVE-2016-4974
Apache Qpid AMQP 0-x JMS client before 6.0.4 and JMS (AMQP 1.0) before 0.10.0 does not restrict the use of classes available on the…
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Description
Apache Qpid AMQP 0-x JMS client before 6.0.4 and JMS (AMQP 1.0) before 0.10.0 does not restrict the use of classes available on the classpath, which might allow remote authenticated users with permission to send messages to deserialize arbitrary objects and execute arbitrary code by leveraging a crafted serialized object in a JMS ObjectMessage that is handled by the getObject function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 50 days later
· 50 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.4% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.qpid:qpid-jms-clientGHSA-f38p-mq64-h784 (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- 91537 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20160702 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-4974: Apache Qpid: deserialization of untrusted input while using JMS ObjectMessage (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/QPIDJMS-188 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036239 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://qpid.apache.org/components/jms/security-0-x.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137749/Apache-Qpid-Untrusted-Input-Deserialization.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://qpid.apache.org/components/jms/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-f38p-mq64-h784 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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