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CVE-2016-2173

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

org.springframework.core.serializer.DefaultDeserializer in Spring AMQP before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: 22, 23, 24
• Spring AMQP: before 1.5.5 — fixed in 1.5.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Spring AMQP 1.5.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182551.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182850.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182959.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326205
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-2173
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182551.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182850.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/182959.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326205
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2016-2173

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