Vulnerabilities

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

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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.

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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

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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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. 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.

  2. 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

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.