`CVE-2002-2272`

7.8 High Mitigation candidate

Description

Tomcat 4.0 through 4.1.12, using mod_jk 1.2.1 module on Apache 1.3 through 1.3.27, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desynchronized communications) via an HTTP GET request with a Transfer-Encoding chunked field with invalid values.

CWE-119 · Buffer errors

Exploitation Status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue carries this CVE. Somebody has published code a stranger can run.

CVSS E:P

CISA KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
Indexed PoC 1 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB; first seen 2002-12-04.
EPSS 9.7% chance in 30 days

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
Exploit-DB	Apache 1.3.x + Tomcat 4.0.x/4.1.x mod_jk - Chunked Encoding Denial of Service		2002-12-04

Index

Artifact

Stars

First seen

Exploit-DB

Apache 1.3.x + Tomcat 4.0.x/4.1.x mod_jk - Chunked Encoding Denial of Service

2002-12-04

Waratek Defense Posture

Mitigation candidate

A defect of the type ARMR addresses, with a fix path to work from and a working exploit already published. This is a claim on attention, not a scheduling commitment: no rule exists and none is scheduled.

Protection none
Action unverified patch rule
Review automated inferred
Record active

Decided by open-source-maven : The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

Finding This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

Decided by	`open-source-maven` : The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read
Finding	This CVE affects an open-source Java library published on Maven Central (Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat), so it is squarely in ARMR's territory and the source needed to understand the defect is public. That makes it a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: the diff between the affected and fixed versions has not been read, and a closer look may find no hook point ARMR can act on.

CVSS

7.8 v2.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 1 metric

VRT selects the newest version's highest entry and publishes it as cvssScore, newest rather than largest because scores are not comparable across versions, and highest rather than first because the first entry is frequently a CNA placeholder scoring 0.0 over NVD's own analysis.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 2.0 7.8 no band published AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C NVD Primary published

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 2.0	7.8	no band published	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C`	NVD	Primary	published

Affected Software & Releases

☕ Maven Library Packages

Artifact coordinates and fix boundaries from OSV.dev

Package Coordinate Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 4.0.0 none 4.1.12

Package Coordinate	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.tomcat:tomcat`	4.0.0	none	4.1.12

🖥️ Product CPEs & Version Ranges

3 product(s) over 37 version claims (uncapped)

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected Versions
nvd	apache	http server	generic	1.3 · 1.3.0 · 1.3.1 · 1.3.2 · 1.3.10 · 1.3.11 · 1.3.12 · 1.3.13 · 1.3.14 · 1.3.15 · 1.3.16 · 1.3.17 · 1.3.18 · 1.3.19 · 1.3.20 · 1.3.22 · 1.3.23 · 1.3.24 · 1.3.25 · 1.3.26 · 1.3.27
nvd	apache	tomcat	generic	4.0.0 · 4.0.1 · 4.0.2 · 4.0.3 · 4.0.4 · 4.0.5 · 4.0.6 · 4.1.0 · 4.1.1 · 4.1.2 · 4.1.3 · 4.1.3:beta · 4.1.9:beta · 4.1.10 · 4.1.12
osv	org.apache.tomcat	tomcat	generic	≥ 4.0.0 and ≤ 4.1.12

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected Versions

nvd

apache

http server

generic

1.3 · 1.3.0 · 1.3.1 · 1.3.2 · 1.3.10 · 1.3.11 · 1.3.12 · 1.3.13 · 1.3.14 · 1.3.15 · 1.3.16 · 1.3.17 · 1.3.18 · 1.3.19 · 1.3.20 · 1.3.22 · 1.3.23 · 1.3.24 · 1.3.25 · 1.3.26 · 1.3.27

nvd

apache

tomcat

generic

4.0.0 · 4.0.1 · 4.0.2 · 4.0.3 · 4.0.4 · 4.0.5 · 4.0.6 · 4.1.0 · 4.1.1 · 4.1.2 · 4.1.3 · 4.1.3:beta · 4.1.9:beta · 4.1.10 · 4.1.12

osv

org.apache.tomcat

tomcat

generic

≥ 4.0.0 and ≤ 4.1.12

References

URL	Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10771	WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20030501051114/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6320	WEB
https://web.archive.org/web/20051124132812/http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0045.html	WEB
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0045.html	Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6320	Exploit, Patch

URL

Timeline

Published 2002-12-31 Last modified 2026-06-16

Published	2002-12-31	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-16	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2002-12-31

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-16

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Pipeline policy audit (15 of 21 rules evaluated)

15 of 21 rules ran. The rest were never reached, because an earlier stage settled the CVE, a distinct claim from a rule that ran and found nothing.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? first match wins

1 rejected no-match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is the vulnerability ARMR's to address? first match wins

2 armr-patch-file no-match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no-match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no-match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no-match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no-match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no-match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in. Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 osv-maven matched Queued for review Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

9 cna-maven-package not-reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

10 known-cpe-product not-reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

11 cna-cpe-product not-reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

12 oracle-advisory-family not-reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

13 non-deployable-product not-reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

14 unmatched-product not-reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? cumulative: every rule gets a turn

15 patch-hint no-match A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

16 open-source-maven decided it matched Mitigation candidate Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.apache.tomcat:tomcat). The source is public, which makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate; nothing here establishes that one can be written.

17 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

18 no-exploit skipped With no fix path, a public exploit, or a CISA record of one

19 secure-rule-match no-match A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

20 below-action-threshold no-match Severity is HIGH — only MEDIUM/LOW are deprioritized

21 no-exploit-published no-match A KEV listing, a CISA verdict of active exploitation, or a reviewed exploit catalogue carries this CVE — somebody has published a working exploit, so it stays a candidate

What the scope rules read

The products the record named, and whether known-products.yaml tracks them. This is the evidence the scope stage decided on.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

apache http_server not tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

apache tomcat tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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