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CVE-2012-3544: apache tomcat Improper Input Validation

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2012-3544GHSA-qfxv-3ppc-7qg5
Published 01-06-2013Last modified 09-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2012-3544 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 11.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
11.00%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Duplicates 1
DSA-2725-1DSA-2897-1MGASA-2014-0082RHSA-2013:1011RHSA-2013:1012CVE-2013-3544

Timeline

  1. 01-06-2013
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.37 and 7.x before 7.0.30 does not properly handle chunk extensions in chunked transfer coding, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by streaming data.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

11.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 11.00% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Apache1 product
  • tomcatEOL6.0 | 6.0.0 | 6.0.0:alpha | 6.0.1 | 6.0.1:alpha | 6.0.2 | 6.0.2:alpha | 6.0.2:beta | 6.0.3 | 6.0.4 | 6.0.4:alpha | 6.0.5 | 6.0.6 | 6.0.6:alpha | 6.0.7 | 6.0.7:alpha | 6.0.7:beta | 6.0.8 | 6.0.8:alpha | 6.0.9 | 6.0.9:beta | 6.0.10 | 6.0.11 | 6.0.12 | 6.0.13 | 6.0.14 | 6.0.15 | 6.0.16 | 6.0.17 | 6.0.18 | 6.0.19 | 6.0.20 | 6.0.24 | 6.0.26 | 6.0.27 | 6.0.28 | 6.0.29 | 6.0.30 | 6.0.31 | 6.0.32 | 6.0.33 | 6.0.35 | 6.0.36 | 7.0.0 | 7.0.0:beta | 7.0.1 | 7.0.2 | 7.0.2:beta | 7.0.3 | 7.0.4 | 7.0.4:beta | 7.0.5 | 7.0.6 | 7.0.7 | 7.0.8 | 7.0.9 | 7.0.10 | 7.0.11 | 7.0.12 | 7.0.13 | 7.0.14 | 7.0.15 | 7.0.16 | 7.0.17 | 7.0.18 | 7.0.19 | 7.0.20 | 7.0.21 | 7.0.22 | 7.0.23 | 7.0.25 | 7.0.28
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.37 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.30
Ubuntu1 product
  • tomcat6< 6.0.39-1

3 vendors · 3 products

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