`CVE-2014-0050`

Affected software	3 products, listed below
Severity	7.5 High CVSS 3.1 2 scores
Fixed in	`1.3.1`
Weakness	Improper input validation (CWE-20)
Published	1 Apr 2014
Updated	7 Oct 2026

Description

MultipartStream.java in Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.1, as used in Apache Tomcat, JBoss Web, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted Content-Type header that bypasses a loop's intended exit conditions.

CWE-264CWE-835

Exploitation status

Working exploit published

A reviewed exploit catalogue lists ready-to-run exploit code for this CVE.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC 2 indexed Published artifacts you can open, in Exploit-DB, GitHub PoC; first seen 2014-02-12.
EPSS 83% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99.7% of all scored CVEs.

1 of these are GitHub repositories with fewer than 5 stars. They are listed for reference and don't count toward the exploitation status above.

Index	Artifact	Stars	First seen
GitHub PoC	CVE-2014-0050 Vulnerable site sample	1	2017-03-15
Exploit-DB	Apache Commons FileUpload and Apache Tomcat - Denial of Service		2014-02-12

Waratek protection

Mitigation candidate

A kind of vulnerability Waratek's rules address, with exploit code published or exploitation reported. No rule exists and none is planned yet. The decision below says what we found to build a rule from.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Inferred
Record active

Decided by	A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug
Finding	A Red Hat Bugzilla ticket (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062337) tracks the fix. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: whether one can be derived depends on reading the upstream change the ticket links.
Candidate fix	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062337 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

Decided by

A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

Finding

A Red Hat Bugzilla ticket (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062337) tracks the fix. That makes this CVE a candidate for an ARMR patch rule. No rule exists and none is scheduled: whether one can be derived depends on reading the upstream change the ticket links.

Candidate fix

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062337 : a Red Hat bug: the triage, which links onward to the fix

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 2 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary published

CVSS 2.0 7.5 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	7.5	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	CISA-ADP	Secondary	published
CVSS 2.0	7.5	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q4	Oracle Communications Applications / Tomcat (9.7.3, 9.9.1, 10.4.1, 12.1.1 and earlier)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2016 ↗	CPU	2016-Q1	Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.0) Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.0, 6.1) Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.1) Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.1)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2015 ↗	CPU	2015-Q4	Oracle Retail Applications / Oracle Retail Back Office (RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.) Oracle Retail Applications / Oracle Retail Central Office (RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.) Oracle Retail Applications / Oracle Retail Returns Management: (RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2015 ↗	CPU	2015-Q2	Oracle Fusion Middleware / WebCenter Sites (7.6.2, 11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2014 ↗	CPU	2014-Q4	Oracle Database Server / Application Express (All releases prior to 4.2.6) Oracle Fusion Middleware / Studio (2.2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.0, 3.1) Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286,CVE-2013-4322,CVE-2013-4590,CVE-2014-0033. Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Tomcat, FileUpload (1.0.1.0 and prior) Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2013-4590 and CVE-2014-0033. Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Tomcat, FileUpload (3.1.2.0 and prior) Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2013-4590 and CVE-2014-0033. Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Tomcat, FileUpload (7.3.3.3 and prior) Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2013-4590 and CVE-2014-0033.

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q4

Oracle Communications Applications / Tomcat (9.7.3, 9.9.1, 10.4.1, 12.1.1 and earlier)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2016 ↗

CPU

2016-Q1

Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.0)
Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.0, 6.1)
Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.1)
Oracle Communications Applications / Apache Commons FileUpLoad (6.1)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2015 ↗

CPU

2015-Q4

Oracle Retail Applications / Oracle Retail Back Office (RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.)
Oracle Retail Applications / Oracle Retail Central Office (RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.)
Oracle Retail Applications / Oracle Retail Returns Management: (RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2015 ↗

CPU

2015-Q2

Oracle Fusion Middleware / WebCenter Sites (7.6.2, 11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2014 ↗

CPU

2014-Q4

Oracle Database Server / Application Express (All releases prior to 4.2.6)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Studio (2.2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.0, 3.1)
Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286,CVE-2013-4322,CVE-2013-4590,CVE-2014-0033.
Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Tomcat, FileUpload (1.0.1.0 and prior)
Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2013-4590 and CVE-2014-0033.
Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Tomcat, FileUpload (3.1.2.0 and prior)
Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2013-4590 and CVE-2014-0033.
Oracle Health Sciences Applications / Tomcat, FileUpload (7.3.3.3 and prior)
Oracle's note: This fix also addresses CVE-2013-4286, CVE-2013-4322, CVE-2013-4590 and CVE-2014-0033.

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Communications Applications	Apache Commons FileUpLoad	6.0	6.0 · 6.1
Oracle Communications Applications	Tomcat	9.7.3, 9.9.1, 10.4.1, 12.1.1 and earlier	9.7.3 · 9.9.1 · 10.4.1
Oracle Database Server	Application Express	All releases prior to 4.2.6	4.2.6
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Studio	2.2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.0, 3.1	2.2.2 · 2.3 · 2.4 · 3.0 · 3.1
Oracle Fusion Middleware	WebCenter Sites	7.6.2, 11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0	7.6.2 · 11.1.1.6.1 · 11.1.1.8.0
Oracle Health Sciences Applications	Tomcat, FileUpload	1.0.1.0 and prior
Oracle Retail Applications	Oracle Retail Back Office	RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.	12.0 · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0
Oracle Retail Applications	Oracle Retail Central Office	RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.	12.0 · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0
Oracle Retail Applications	Oracle Retail Returns Management:	RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.	12.0 · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Communications Applications

Apache Commons FileUpLoad

6.0

6.0 · 6.1

Oracle Communications Applications

Tomcat

9.7.3, 9.9.1, 10.4.1, 12.1.1 and earlier

9.7.3 · 9.9.1 · 10.4.1

Oracle Database Server

Application Express

All releases prior to 4.2.6

4.2.6

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Studio

2.2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 3.0, 3.1

2.2.2 · 2.3 · 2.4 · 3.0 · 3.1

Oracle Fusion Middleware

WebCenter Sites

7.6.2, 11.1.1.6.1, 11.1.1.8.0

7.6.2 · 11.1.1.6.1 · 11.1.1.8.0

Oracle Health Sciences Applications

Tomcat, FileUpload

1.0.1.0 and prior

Oracle Retail Applications

Oracle Retail Back Office

RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.

12.0 · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0

Oracle Retail Applications

Oracle Retail Central Office

RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.

12.0 · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0

Oracle Retail Applications

Oracle Retail Returns Management:

RM2.0, 12.0IN, 12.0, 13.0, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.0.

12.0 · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload 0 1.3.1 unbounded

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 8.0.0-RC1 8.0.3 unbounded

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 7.0.0 7.0.52 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload`	0	`1.3.1`	unbounded
`org.apache.tomcat:tomcat`	8.0.0-RC1	`8.0.3`	unbounded
`org.apache.tomcat:tomcat`	7.0.0	`7.0.52`	unbounded

Products and versions

5 products, 77 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	commons fileupload	generic	1.0 · 1.1 · 1.1.1 · 1.2 · 1.2.1 · 1.2.2 · ≤ 1.3
nvd	apache	tomcat	generic	7.0.0 · 7.0.0:beta · 7.0.1 · 7.0.2 · 7.0.2:beta · 7.0.3 · 7.0.4 · 7.0.4:beta · 7.0.5 · 7.0.6 · 7.0.7 · 7.0.8 · 7.0.9 · 7.0.10 · 7.0.11 · 7.0.12 · 7.0.13 · 7.0.14 · 7.0.15 · 7.0.16 · 7.0.17 · 7.0.18 · 7.0.19 · 7.0.20 · 7.0.21 · 7.0.22 · 7.0.23 · 7.0.24 · 7.0.25 · 7.0.26 · 7.0.27 · 7.0.28 · 7.0.29 · 7.0.30 · 7.0.31 · 7.0.32 · 7.0.33 · 7.0.34 · 7.0.35 · 7.0.36 · 7.0.37 · 7.0.38 · 7.0.39 · 7.0.40 · 7.0.41 · 7.0.42 · 7.0.43 · 7.0.44 · 7.0.45 · 7.0.46 · 7.0.47 · 7.0.48 · 7.0.49 · 7.0.50 · 8.0.0:rc1 · 8.0.0:rc10 · 8.0.0:rc2 · 8.0.0:rc5 · 8.0.1
osv	commons-fileupload	commons-fileupload	generic	＜ 1.3.1
nvd	oracle	retail applications	generic	12.0 · 12.0in · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0
osv	org.apache.tomcat	tomcat	generic	≥ 7.0.0 and ＜ 7.0.52 · ≥ 8.0.0 and ＜ 8.0.3

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

commons fileupload

generic

1.0 · 1.1 · 1.1.1 · 1.2 · 1.2.1 · 1.2.2 · ≤ 1.3

nvd

apache

tomcat

generic

7.0.0 · 7.0.0:beta · 7.0.1 · 7.0.2 · 7.0.2:beta · 7.0.3 · 7.0.4 · 7.0.4:beta · 7.0.5 · 7.0.6 · 7.0.7 · 7.0.8 · 7.0.9 · 7.0.10 · 7.0.11 · 7.0.12 · 7.0.13 · 7.0.14 · 7.0.15 · 7.0.16 · 7.0.17 · 7.0.18 · 7.0.19 · 7.0.20 · 7.0.21 · 7.0.22 · 7.0.23 · 7.0.24 · 7.0.25 · 7.0.26 · 7.0.27 · 7.0.28 · 7.0.29 · 7.0.30 · 7.0.31 · 7.0.32 · 7.0.33 · 7.0.34 · 7.0.35 · 7.0.36 · 7.0.37 · 7.0.38 · 7.0.39 · 7.0.40 · 7.0.41 · 7.0.42 · 7.0.43 · 7.0.44 · 7.0.45 · 7.0.46 · 7.0.47 · 7.0.48 · 7.0.49 · 7.0.50 · 8.0.0:rc1 · 8.0.0:rc10 · 8.0.0:rc2 · 8.0.0:rc5 · 8.0.1

osv

commons-fileupload

generic

＜ 1.3.1

nvd

oracle

retail applications

generic

12.0 · 12.0in · 13.0 · 13.1 · 13.2 · 13.3 · 13.4 · 14.0

osv

org.apache.tomcat

tomcat

generic

≥ 7.0.0 and ＜ 7.0.52 · ≥ 8.0.0 and ＜ 8.0.3

References

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062337	bugzilla
https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload/commit/c61ff05b3241cb14d989b67209e57aa71540417a	WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/29384723d8d9645b87e05be9fa369a4deeb78b9c	WEB
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xx68-jfcg-xmmf	ADVISORY
https://github.com/apache/commons-fileupload	PACKAGE
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324755	WEB
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05376917	WEB
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722	WEB
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1565143	WEB
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1565163	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2014-04-01	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-10-07	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2014-04-01

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-10-07

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

How VRT decided (17 of 24 rules ran)

17 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

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 JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven matched In scope Maven packages: commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

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

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

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

13 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.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

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

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

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint decided it matched Mitigation candidate References include candidate fix URL (bugzilla tier): https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062337

18 open-source-maven skipped The affected package being open source on Maven, so the fix can be read

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

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

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

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

24 no-exploit-published no match A CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, a CISA verdict of active exploitation, a reviewed exploit catalogue, or a GitHub PoC with 5 or more stars carries this CVE — exploit code is in use or published, so it stays a candidate

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

oracle retail_applications tracked cpe:2.3:a:oracle:retail_applications:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

apache commons_fileupload tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:commons_fileupload:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

apache tomcat tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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