Vulnerability · CVE-2014-0075
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, a…
Published May 31, 2014 · catalog updated Oct 14, 2026 · the affected product
Check this week
CVE-2014-0075 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 20.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.
Gaps on this record
- No plain product name is stored. The page cannot tell you which product to check.
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 20.06%
- Remediation
- Not established
- Affected products
- cpe apache/tomcat · vendor n/a n/a
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.
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- cpe apache/tomcat7.0.0
- cpe apache/tomcat7.0.1
- cpe apache/tomcat7.0.2
- cpe apache/tomcat7.0.3
- cpe apache/tomcat7.0.4
- cpe apache/tomcat8.0.0
- vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2014-0075
Recommended remediation
No required-action text, fix commit, or clear fixed-version range is stored yet.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2014-0075 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 20.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run the affected product.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with 7.0.0, 7.0.1, 7.0.2, 7.0.3, 7.0.4, 8.0.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-189. EPSS 20.06%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
May 31, 2014 · NIST NVD
Detected
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.
Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed chunk size in chunked transfer coding of a request during the streaming of data.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2014-0075
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed c
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2014-0075
30-day exploitation probability 20.1%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2014-0075
Integer overflow in the parseChunkHeader function in java/org/apache/coyote/http11/filters/ChunkedInputFilter.java in Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.53, and 8.x before 8.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a malformed c
nvd.nist.gov
References
- Reference · advisories.mageia.org
- Reference · linux.oracle.com
- Reference · lists.fedoraproject.org
- Reference · marc.info
- Reference · marc.info
- Reference · marc.info
- Reference · rhn.redhat.com
- Reference · rhn.redhat.com
- RHSA-2015:0765 · rhn.redhat.com
- 59121 · secunia.com
- 59732 · secunia.com
- 59835 · secunia.com
- Reference · svn.apache.org
- Reference · novell.com
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 16, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.