JBoss CLI throws an OOME when deploying an application

Issue

• When deploying an application, the CLI JVM runs out of memory:

Exception in thread "management-client-thread 1-1" java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
        at java.util.Arrays.copyOf(Arrays.java:2271)
        at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.grow(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:113)
        at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.ensureCapacity(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:93)
        at java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream.write(ByteArrayOutputStream.java:140)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.StreamUtils.copyStream(StreamUtils.java:49)
        at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient$ReadAttachmentInputStreamRequestHandler.cop
yStream(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:226)
        at org.jboss.as.controller.client.impl.AbstractModelControllerClient$ReadAttachmentInputStreamRequestHandler$1.e
xecute(AbstractModelControllerClient.java:202)
        at org.jboss.as.protocol.mgmt.AbstractMessageHandler$2$1.doExecute(AbstractMessageHandler.java:287)