01 Record
CVE-2016-6808
Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) before 1.2.42.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) before 1.2.42.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 22.68% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.6% 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.
04 Metadata
- 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
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6b9546ee786e642132f8a419c952b5f2c7129bda8e93bfc0dd2aa1f3ebf0e04b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securitytracker.com1036969http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036969
- seclists.org20161011 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6808 Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector buffer overflowhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/44
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0194https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0194
- www.securityfocus.com93429http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93429
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0193https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0193
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2957http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
- tomcat.apache.orghttp://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139071/Apache-Tomcat-JK-ISAPI-Connector-1.2.41-Buffer-Overflow.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161006 [SECURITY] CVE-2016-6808 Apache Tomcat JK ISAPI Connector buffer overflowhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/4
- 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%3E
- 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%3E
- 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%3E
- 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%3E
- 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%3E
- 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%3E