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Out-of-bounds Write

CVE-2021-4040

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

A flaw was found in AMQ Broker before 2.19.1. This issue can cause a partial interruption to the availability of AMQ Broker via an Out of memory (OOM) condition. This flaw allows an attacker to partially disrupt availability to the broker through a sustained attack of maliciously crafted messages. The highest threat from this vulnerability is system availability.

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  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
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  • LOW

CWE-787 - Out-of-Bounds Write

Out-of-bounds write vulnerability is a memory access bug that allows software to write data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. This may result in the corruption of data, a crash, or arbitrary code execution.

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  • Published