Is CVE-2023-46120 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-46120 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-46120?

CVE-2023-46120 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-46120?

CVE-2023-46120 has an EPSS score of 1.06% (60th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-46120?

Upgrade rabbitmq java client to 5.18.0 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-46120

MEDIUM

4.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The RabbitMQ Java client library allows Java and JVM-based applications to connect to and interact with RabbitMQ nodes. `maxBodyLebgth` was not used when receiving Message objects. Attackers could send a very large Message causing a memory overflow and triggering an OOM Error. Users of RabbitMQ may suffer from DoS attacks from RabbitMQ Java client which will ultimately exhaust the memory of the consumer. This vulnerability was patched in version 5.18.0.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

How to fix

Remediation Available

rabbitmq java clientNVD

Affected:< 5.18.0Fixed in:5.18.0CVE-2023-46120derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredHigh

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

60thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 60% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Exploit1

github.com

Release Notes1

github.com

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.