7.8

CVE-2014-0230: apache tomcat Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0230GHSA-pxcx-cxq8-4mmw
Published 07-06-2015Last modified 14-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0230 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 20.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
20.18%
0%100%
High · 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 14 · Related 2
DLA-232-1DSA-3530-1RHEA-2015:1770RHEA-2015:1771RHSA-2015:1622RHSA-2015:2659

Timeline

  1. 07-06-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 14-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

20.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 20.18% on 05-10-2026

05-10-202604-11-2026

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.

Ubuntu2 products
  • tomcat6< 6.0.39-1ubuntu0.1 | < 6.0.45+dfsg-1
  • tomcat7< 7.0.52-1ubuntu0.3
Apache1 product
  • tomcatEOL6.0.0 | 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 | 6.0.37 | 6.0.39 | 6.0.41 | 6.0.43 | 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 | 7.0.24 | 7.0.25 | 7.0.26 | 7.0.27 | 7.0.28 | 7.0.29 | 7.0.30 | 7.0.31 | 7.0.32 | 7.0.33 | 7.0.34 | 7.0.35 | 7.0.36 | 7.0.37 | 7.0.38 | 7.0.39 | 7.0.40 | 7.0.41 | 7.0.42 | 7.0.43 | 7.0.44 | 7.0.45 | 7.0.46 | 7.0.47 | 7.0.48 | 7.0.49 | 7.0.50 | 7.0.52 | 7.0.53 | 7.0.54 | 8.0.0:rc1 | 8.0.0:rc10 | 8.0.0:rc2 | 8.0.0:rc5 | 8.0.1 | 8.0.3 | 8.0.5 | 8.0.8
Oracle1 product
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat≥ 6.0.0, < 6.0.44 | ≥ 7.0.0, < 7.0.55 | ≥ 8.0.0, < 8.0.9

4 vendors · 5 products

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