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CVE-2002-2272
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…
High7.8EPSS 9.7%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.8 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 9.7% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcatGHSA-pqr5-9v2j-44xg (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- 20021204 Apache/Tomcat Denial Of Service And Information Leakage Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- tomcat-modjk-get-bo(10771) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6320 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pqr5-9v2j-44xg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .