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CVE-2014-0050

apache-commons-fileupload: denial of service due to too-small buffer size used by MultipartStream

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 6, 2014

Updated · August 5, 2026

Description

A denial of service flaw was found in the way Apache Commons FileUpload, which is embedded in Tomcat and JBoss Web, handled small-sized buffers used by MultipartStream. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create a malformed Content-Type header for a multipart request, causing Tomcat to enter an infinite loop when processing such an incoming request.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified