THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-3544
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-3544

Tomcat vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
11.0%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.37 and 7.x before 7.0.30 does not properly handle chunk extensions in chunked transfer coding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Tomcat
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2013-06-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.0% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-3544

  • Confirm whether Apache Tomcat is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-3544.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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