CVE-2014-0075
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 17.58% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-189
- Affected
- apache/tomcat
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 17.6% on 18 October 2026 to 17.6% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0268.html
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-0865.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150282.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141017844705317&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0675.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0720.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0765.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59121
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59616
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59678
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59732
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59835
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59849
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59873
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60729
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60793
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578337
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1578341
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1579262
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21678231
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21680603
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21681528
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3447
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.