CVE-2020-14297

A flaw was discovered in Wildfly's EJB Client as shipped with Red Hat JBoss EAP 7, where some specific EJB transaction objects may get accumulated over the time and can cause services to slow down and eventaully unavailable. An attacker can take advantage and cause denial of service attack and make services unavailable.

Published: 2020-07-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2020-14297 is rated Moderate Risk (49.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.20%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2020-14297

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.25% 1.20% +0.95%
2 2026-04-05 0.38% 0.25% -0.13%
3 2025-11-21 — 0.38% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2020-14297

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
6.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2020-14297

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2020-14297

GHSA-qcch-9268-59jw · Severity: medium · Ecosystem: maven — Wildfly EJB Client causes DoS

OS Trackers for CVE-2020-14297

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-14297

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2020-14297

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat amq 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:amq:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss-ejb-client >= 1.0.0, < 4.0.34 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss-ejb-client:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform_continuous_delivery — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform_continuous_delivery:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_fuse 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_fuse:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_application_runtimes — cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_application_runtimes:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat single_sign-on 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2020-14297

URL Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2020-14297 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence