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CVE-2018-1257 json

Denial of Service in org.springframework:spring-core

published 8y ago modified last mo. also GHSA-rcpf-vj53-7h2m , EUVD-2018-0682

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.0%
EPSS 3.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Spring Framework, versions 5.0.x prior to 5.0.6, versions 4.3.x prior to 4.3.17, and older unsupported versions allows applications to expose STOMP over WebSocket endpoints with a simple, in-memory STOMP broker through the spring-messaging module. A malicious user (or attacker) can craft a message to the broker that can lead to a regular expression, denial of service attack.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.springframework:spring-core 4.3.17, 5.0.6
  • vmware spring_framework 4.3.17, 5.0.6
  • oracle communications_converged_application_server 7.0.0.1
  • oracle communications_diameter_signaling_router 8.3
  • oracle communications_performance_intelligence_center 10.2.1
  • oracle communications_services_gatekeeper 6.1.0.4.0
  • libspring-java Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.3.19-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-1257

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-1257 updated cvss 4.8

spring-framework: ReDoS Attack with spring-messaging

  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 spring
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 spring
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 spring
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:3768
  • Red Hat Text-Only RHOAR
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:1809
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 spring Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 spring Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 spring Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 spring Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 spring Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 spring
    +7 more products
    Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9 (Mitaka) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (Newton) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 11 (Ocata) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 12 (Pike) opendaylight Red Hat OpenStack Platform 13 (Queens) opendaylight Red Hat Storage 3 spring Red Hat Virtualization 4 rhvm, ovirt-engine, ovirt-engine-setup, ovirt-engine-tools, ovirt-engine-backend, ovirt-engine-restapi, +14 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

3.02% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
GitHub 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.springframework:spring-core
>=5.0.0, <5.0.6
<4.3.17
5.0.6
4.3.17

Affected products

  • Pivotal Spring Framework

Classification

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