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CVE-2019-0199 Apache Tomcat

Affected softwareApache Tomcat
Severity7.5 High CVSS 3.0 2 scores
Fixed in9.0.16, 8.5.38
WeaknessUncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400)
Published10 Apr 2019
Updated17 Jun 2026

Description

The HTTP/2 implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.14 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.37 accepted streams with excessive numbers of SETTINGS frames and also permitted clients to keep streams open without reading/writing request/response data. By keeping streams open for requests that utilised the Servlet API's blocking I/O, clients were able to cause server-side threads to block eventually leading to thread exhaustion and a DoS.

Exploitation status

Forecast only (73% 30-day chance)

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. EPSS puts this CVE in the top 0.54% of all scored CVEs. That is a model's forecast, not a report of exploitation.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 73% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 99% 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.

  • 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.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.0 CVSS:3.0/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.

VersionScoreBandVectorAssignerType
CVSS 3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary published
CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

AdvisoryTypeQuarterProducts Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2019 ↗ CPU 2019-Q3 Oracle Construction and Engineering Suite / Core (Tomcat) (17.1, 17.2, 17.3)

Oracle components and versions

FamilyComponentVersions, as Oracle lists themRead as
Oracle Construction and Engineering Suite Core (Tomcat) 17.1, 17.2, 17.3 17.1 · 17.2 · 17.3

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev
PackageIntroducedFixedLast affected
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 9.0.0 9.0.16 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core 8.0.0 8.5.38 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote 9.0.0 9.0.16 unbounded
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote 8.0.0 8.5.38 unbounded

Products and versions

3 products, 27 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd apache tomcat generic ≥ 8.5.0 and ≤ 8.5.37 · 9.0.0:milestone1 · 9.0.0:milestone10 · 9.0.0:milestone11 · 9.0.0:milestone12 · 9.0.0:milestone13 · 9.0.0:milestone14 · 9.0.0:milestone15 · 9.0.0:milestone16 · 9.0.0:milestone17 · 9.0.0:milestone18 · 9.0.0:milestone19 · 9.0.0:milestone2 · 9.0.0:milestone20 · 9.0.0:milestone21 · 9.0.0:milestone3 · 9.0.0:milestone4 · 9.0.0:milestone5 · 9.0.0:milestone6 · 9.0.0:milestone7 · 9.0.0:milestone8 · 9.0.0:milestone9 · ≥ 9.0.1 and ≤ 9.0.14
osv org.apache.tomcat tomcat-coyote generic ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.5.38 · ≥ 9.0.0 and < 9.0.16
osv org.apache.tomcat.embed tomcat-embed-core generic ≥ 8.0.0 and < 8.5.38 · ≥ 9.0.0 and < 9.0.16

References

URLTags
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e1b0b273b6e8ddcc72c9023bc2394b1276fc72664144bf21d0a87995@%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e56886e1bac9319ecce81b3612dd7a1a43174a3a741a1c805e16880e%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e56886e1bac9319ecce81b3612dd7a1a43174a3a741a1c805e16880e@%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e85e83e9954f169bbb77b44baae5a33d8de878df557bb32b7f793661@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e87733036e8c84ea648cdcdca3098f3c8a897e2652c33062b2b1535c%40%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e87733036e8c84ea648cdcdca3098f3c8a897e2652c33062b2b1535c@%3Cusers.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3bbb800a816d0a51eccc5a228c58736960a9fffafa581a225834d97d@%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48c1444845fe15a823e1374674bfc297d5008a5453788099ea14caf0%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E WEB

Timeline

Published2019-04-10By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-17NVD's own last-modified date for this record.