CVE-2016-6808

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

18.99% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 97.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-04-12 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-08-12

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
• CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6b9546ee786e642132f8a419c952b5f2c7129bda8e93bfc0dd2aa1f3ebf0e04b

• www.securitytracker.com1036969http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036969vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• seclists.org20161011 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6808 Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector buffer overflowhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/44mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0194https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0194vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com93429http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93429vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0193https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0193vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2957http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139071/Apache-Tomcat-JK-ISAPI-Connector-1.2.41-Buffer-Overflow.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161006 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6808 Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [26/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [25/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190413 svn commit: r1857494 [18/20] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20190415 svn commit: r1857582 [20/22] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/stylesheets/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200203 svn commit: r1873527 [26/30] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.apache.org[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [30/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST