CVE-2014-0050
HighCVSS 7.5Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Very high risk100th percentile - higher than 100% of all known CVEs
Summary
Apache Commons FileUpload before version 1.3.1 has a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted Content-Type header. This can lead to an infinite loop and high CPU consumption.
Risk Assessment
Organizations may experience significant disruptions in service availability, potentially leading to loss of application and resource accessibility.
Recommendation
It is recommended to update Apache Commons FileUpload to version 1.3.1 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.
Other vulnerabilities in Apache Commons FileUpload
See all- CVE-2023-24998High
Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.5 does not limit the number of request parts to be processed resulting in the possibility of an attacker triggering a DoS with a malicious upload or series of uploads. Note that, like all of the file upload limits, the new configuration option (FileUploadBase#setFileCountMax) is not enabled by default and must be explicitly configured.
- CVE-2016-1000031Critical
Apache Commons FileUpload before version 1.3.3 has a vulnerability that allows remote code execution through DiskFileItem file manipulation.
- CVE-2013-0248Medium
The default configuration of javax.servlet.context.tempdir in Apache Commons FileUpload 1.0 through 1.2.2 uses the /tmp directory for uploaded files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via an unspecified symlink attack.
Original NVD description (English source)
MultipartStream.java in Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.1, as used in Apache Tomcat, JBoss Web, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted Content-Type header that bypasses a loop's intended exit conditions.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS