CVE-2017-12624

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12624 describes a Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability in Apache CXF, affecting both JAX-WS and JAX-RS web service providers. An attacker can craft a malicious message attachment header exceeding 300 characters, causing the service to become unavailable. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and local attack vector, but a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		>= 3.0.0, < 3.0.16CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf::::::::
		>= 3.1.0, < 3.1.14CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf::::::::
		>= 3.2.0, < 3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:apache:cxf::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

3.70%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

88.6%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-28

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0370 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (54)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.apache.cxf:cxf-coreFixed in: 3.1.14

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.apache.cxf:cxf-coreFixed in: 3.2.1

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa

Product: org.apache.cxf:cxf-coreFixed in: 3.0.16

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-bouncycastle-0:1.56.0-5.redhat_3.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-guava-libraries-0:25.0.0-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-0:5.1.15-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jberet-0:1.2.6-2.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.11-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-remoting-0:5.0.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-mod_cluster-0:1.3.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-narayana-0:5.5.32-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-bindings-0:2.5.5-13.SP12_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-federation-0:2.5.5-13.SP12_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:1.4.18-7.SP8_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.1.4-2.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-naming-client-0:1.0.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-openssl-linux-0:1.0.6-14.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-transaction-client-0:1.0.4-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-web-console-eap-0:2.9.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.5.5.013-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-bouncycastle-0:1.56.0-5.redhat_3.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-guava-libraries-0:25.0.0-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-hibernate-0:5.1.15-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-ironjacamar-0:1.4.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jberet-0:1.2.6-2.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-ejb-client-0:4.0.11-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-remoting-0:5.0.8-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.0.6-4.Final_redhat_4.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-mod_cluster-0:1.3.10-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-narayana-0:5.5.32-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-bindings-0:2.5.5-13.SP12_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-picketlink-federation-0:2.5.5-13.SP12_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-resteasy-0:3.0.26-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-undertow-0:1.4.18-7.SP8_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-0:7.1.4-1.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-javadocs-0:7.1.4-2.GA_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-naming-client-0:1.0.9-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-openssl-linux-0:1.0.6-14.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-transaction-client-0:1.0.4-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 7Fixed in: eap7-wildfly-web-console-eap-0:2.9.18-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep7.el7

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Single Sign-On 7.2.4 zipFixed in: cxf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-jboss-server-migration-0:1.0.6-4.Final_redhat_4.1.ep7.el6

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss EAP 7.1Fixed in: cxf

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 7.1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: eap7-activemq-artemis-0:1.5.5.013-1.redhat_1.1.ep7.el6

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6Fixed in: cxf

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat Fuse 7Fixed in: cxf

redhatno patchvia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2Fixed in: cxf

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6Fixed in: cxf

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5Fixed in: cxf

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5Fixed in: cxf

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api

Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: cxf

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-7vgj-8mw4-hg8rmedium

Improper Input Validation in Apache CXF

redhatCVE-2017-12624Moderate

cxf: Improper size validation in message attachment header for JAX-WS and JAX-RS services

References

cxf.apache.org / security-advisories.data/CVE-2017-12624.txt.asc

Issue TrackingVendor Advisory

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2423

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2424

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2425

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2428

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r36e44ffc1a9b365327df62cdfaabe85b9a5637de102cea07d79b2dbf%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rc774278135816e7afc943dc9fc78eb0764f2c84a2b96470a0187315c%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd49aabd984ed540c8ff7916d4d79405f3fa311d2fdbcf9ed307839a6%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rec7160382badd3ef4ad017a22f64a266c7188b9ba71394f0d321e2d4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rfb87e0bf3995e7d560afeed750fac9329ff5f1ad49da365129b7f89e%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

lists.apache.org / thread.html/rff42cfa5e7d75b7c1af0e37589140a8f1999e578a75738740b244bd4%40%3Ccommits.cxf.apache.org%3E

securityfocus.com / bid/101859

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

securitytracker.com / id/1040486

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry