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CVE-2016-6817

The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.

Published

2017-08-10T22:29:00.233

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-119
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-835
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application apache tomcat 8.5.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 8.5.1 Yes
Application apache tomcat 8.5.2 Yes
Application apache tomcat 8.5.3 Yes
Application apache tomcat 8.5.4 Yes
Application apache tomcat 8.5.5 Yes
Application apache tomcat 8.5.6 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
Application apache tomcat 9.0.0 Yes
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