5.3

CVE-2024-54677: Apache Tomcat: DoS in examples web application

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2024-54677DEBIAN-CVE-2024-54677GHSA-653p-vg55-5652
Published 17-12-2024Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-54677 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in apache software foundation apache tomcat. EPSS estimates a 1.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.3, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
1.94%
0%100%
Low · 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 17 · Related 7
DLA-4244-1DSA-5845-1MGASA-2024-0394OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14622-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:14623-1RHSA-2025:7497

Timeline

  1. 17-12-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in the examples web application provided with Apache Tomcat leads to denial of service. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.1, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.33, from 9.0.0.M1 through 9.9.97. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected: 8.5.0 though 8.5.100. Other, older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.2, 10.1.34 or 9.0.98, which fixes the issue.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.94%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 1.94% 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, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu3 products
  • tomcat10< 10.1.16-1ubuntu0.1~esm3
  • tomcat8All versions (No fix recorded)
  • tomcat9All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • tomcat10< 10.1.34-0+deb12u1 | < 10.1.34-1
  • tomcat9< 9.0.70-2
Apache1 product
  • tomcat≥ 9.0.0, < 9.0.98 | ≥ 10.1.0, < 10.1.34 | ≥ 11.0.0, < 11.0.2
Apache software foundation1 product
  • apache tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, ≤ 11.0.1 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, ≤ 10.1.33 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, ≤ 9.0.97 | ≥ 8.5.0, ≤ 8.5.100
Netapp1 product
Org.apache.tomcat1 product
  • tomcat≥ 11.0.0-M1, < 11.0.2 | ≥ 10.1.0-M1, < 10.1.34 | ≥ 9.0.0.M1, < 9.0.98

6 vendors · 9 products

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