CVE-2010-2227

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.4
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
80.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 1% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: July 13, 2010 (5784 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an invalid Transfer-Encoding header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application outage) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted header that interferes with "recycling of a buffer."

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

apache tomcat

References

🔗 geronimo.apache.org 🔗 geronimo.apache.org 🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.fedoraproject.org 🔗 lists.fedoraproject.org