Description
Tomcat 4.0 through 4.1.12, using mod_jk 1.2.1 module on Apache 1.3 through 1.3.27, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desynchronized communications) via an HTTP GET request with a Transfer-Encoding chunked field with invalid values.
Published: 2007-10-18
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 31.4% Moderate
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-pqr5-9v2j-44xg Apache Tomcat DoS via Malicious Get Request
History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.12368}

epss

{'score': 0.18434}


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Apache Http Server Tomcat
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T03:59:11.377Z

Reserved: 2007-10-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2002-2272

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2002-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2002-2272

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