CVE-2016-6817
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6817
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-6817.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-6817
- Aliases
- Published
- 2017-08-10T22:29:00.233Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T12:41:39.769601Z
- Severity
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- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service attack possible.
- References
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/6af47120905aa7d8fe12f42e8ff2284fb338ba141d3b77b8c7cb61b3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/88855876c33f2f9c532ffb75bfee570ccf0b17ffa77493745af9a17a%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/a9f24571460af003071475b75f18cad81ebcc36fa7c876965a75e32a%40%3Cannounce.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/b5e3f51d28cd5d9b1809f56594f2cf63dcd6a90429e16ea9f83bbedc%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94462
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037330
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180607-0001/
Affected packages
Git / github.com/apache/tomcat
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/apache/tomcat
- Events
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IntroducedLast affected
- Database specific
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Show details
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