CVE-2016-3092
tomcat: Usage of vulnerable FileUpload package can result in denial of service
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · June 21, 2016
Updated · October 8, 2026
Description
A denial of service vulnerability was identified in Commons FileUpload that occurred when the length of the multipart boundary was just below the size of the buffer (4096 bytes) used to read the uploaded file if the boundary was the typical tens of bytes long.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation