VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2012-2733
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability8.74%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2012-11-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
java/org/apache/coyote/http11/InternalNioInputBuffer.java in the HTTP NIO connector in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28 does not properly restrict the request-header size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large amount of header data.
Weakness classification
- CWE-20: Improper Input Validation