CVE-2012-4534: apache tomcat Resource Management Errors
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2012-4534 is a low (CVSS 2.6) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 7.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.
Not severe (CVSS 2.6, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 19-12-2012PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 09-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
org/apache/tomcat/util/net/NioEndpoint.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.28, when the NIO connector is used in conjunction with sendfile and HTTPS, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by terminating the connection during the reading of a response.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
7.45%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
94%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 7.45% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (issues.apache.org)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
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 | 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
1 vendor · 1 product
References
19 links- svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1340218X Refsource CONFIRM
- h20566.www2.hp.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c03748878Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource HP
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- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19398VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL