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...
- Published
- May 31, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Evidence observed
- Aug 9, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:PModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 97.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1This is a simple PoC written n python that demonstrates the DoS through integer overflow.
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