CVE-2014-0230

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.

Published: 2015-06-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-0230 is rated High Risk (70.2/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 20.32%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +17.22% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-0230

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.10% 20.32% +17.22%
2 2026-04-29 4.53% 3.10% -1.43%
3 2026-04-22 4.53%

Full EPSS history (42 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2014-0230

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2014-0230

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2014-0230

GHSA-pxcx-cxq8-4mmw · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tomcat

OS Trackers for CVE-2014-0230

vendor priority summary link
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-0230
ubuntu low CVE-2014-0230 low priority: Ubuntu including 3 source packages (tomcat6, tomcat7, tomcat8), 36 status rows across 12 suites (artful, bionic, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 16, DNE 8, ignored 5, released 4, needed 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0230

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2014-0230

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache tomcat 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.0:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.1:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.4:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.6:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.7:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.8:alpha:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.9:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.24 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.26 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.27 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.28 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.29 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.30 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.31 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.32 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.33 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.35 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.36 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.37 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.39 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.41 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 6.0.43 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:6.0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.4:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.14 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.15 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.16 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.17 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.18 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.19 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.20 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.21 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.22 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.23 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.24 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.25 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.26 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.27 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.28 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.29 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache tomcat 7.0.30 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:7.0.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2014-0230

URL Tags
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-announce/201505.mbox/%3C554949D1.8030904%40apache.org%3E Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=145974991225029&w=2
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/04/10/1
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1621.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1622.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2661.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0595.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0596.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0597.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0598.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0599.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603770
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603775
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1603779
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3447
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3530
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74475
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2654-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2655-1
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2659
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:2660
https://h20564.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c04851013
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05054964
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-219
https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JWS-220
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/37220405a377c0182d2afdbc36461c4783b2930fbeae3a17f1333113%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/39ae1f0bd5867c15755a6f959b271ade1aea04ccdc3b2e639dcd903b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b84ad1258a89de5c9c853c7f2d3ad77e5b8b2930be9e132d5cef6b95%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b8a1bf18155b552dcf9a928ba808cbadad84c236d85eab3033662cfb%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03c597a64de790ba42c167efacfa23300c3d6c9fe589ab87fe02859c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r587e50b86c1a96ee301f751d50294072d142fd6dc08a8987ae9f3a9b%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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