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CVE-2014-0230 Apache Tomcat

Affected softwareApache Tomcat
Severity7.8 High CVSS 2.0
Fixed in6.0.44, 7.0.55, 8.0.9
WeaknessUncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400)
Published7 Jun 2015
Updated14 Oct 2026

Description

Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.

CWE-399

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 11 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 20% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists: apache/tomcat 6b2cfac.

  • Protection none
  • Action unverified
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2015 ↗ CPU 2015-Q3 Oracle Virtualization / Oracle Secure Global Desktop (4.63, 4.71, 5.1)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Virtualization Oracle Secure Global Desktop 4.63, 4.71, 5.1 4.63 · 4.71 · 5.1

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 6.0.0 6.0.44 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 7.0.0 7.0.55 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat 8.0.0 8.0.9 unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 117 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache tomcat generic 6.0.0 · 6.0.0:alpha · 6.0.1 · 6.0.1:alpha · 6.0.2 · 6.0.2:alpha · 6.0.2:beta · 6.0.3 · 6.0.4 · 6.0.4:alpha · 6.0.5 · 6.0.6 · 6.0.6:alpha · 6.0.7 · 6.0.7:alpha · 6.0.7:beta · 6.0.8 · 6.0.8:alpha · 6.0.9 · 6.0.9:beta · 6.0.10 · 6.0.11 · 6.0.12 · 6.0.13 · 6.0.14 · 6.0.15 · 6.0.16 · 6.0.17 · 6.0.18 · 6.0.19 · 6.0.20 · 6.0.24 · 6.0.26 · 6.0.27 · 6.0.28 · 6.0.29 · 6.0.30 · 6.0.31 · 6.0.32 · 6.0.33 · 6.0.35 · 6.0.36 · 6.0.37 · 6.0.39 · 6.0.41 · 6.0.43 · 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 · 7.0.52 · 7.0.53 · 7.0.54 · 8.0.0:rc1 · 8.0.0:rc10 · 8.0.0:rc2 · 8.0.0:rc5 · 8.0.1 · 8.0.3 · 8.0.5 · 8.0.8
nvd oracle virtualization generic 4.63 · 4.71 · 5.1
osv org.apache.tomcat tomcat generic ≥ 6.0.0 and < 6.0.44 · ≥ 7.0.0 and < 7.0.55 · ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.0.9

References

URLTags
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/6b2cfacf749be186ea77249a979af1d4863e47ba WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/812088583d0e60717a8fe9c6d14e12bcdc3e6c51 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/b1c8477e3e3ee635d19cc4d5987c2b157431e0c1 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/c1357e649641844109711d60cacb98e4b5fcd3cb WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e28dd578fad90a6d5726ec34f3245c9f99d909a5 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/e3146f4b03a2386c3e57597e86134d4ed5c31303 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/fc049912464f0dcf9dede3761f38049369057e16 WEB
https://github.com/apache/tomcat/commit/fdd9f11dc24b95e5425076abb58e968336f320a2 WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB

Timeline

Published2015-06-07By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-10-14NVD's own last-modified date for this record.