#VU64548 Integer overflow in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2014-0075

 

#VU64548 Integer overflow in Apache Tomcat - CVE-2014-0075

Published: June 21, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU64548
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0075
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Apache Tomcat
Software vendor:
Apache Foundation

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service attack.

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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