CVE-2002-2272 EXPLOIT
7.8
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 9.7% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| EPSS | 9.68% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| apache | http server |
| apache | tomcat |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Apache 1.3.x + Tomcat 4.0.x/4.1.x mod_jk - Chunked Encoding Denial of Service | 2002-12-04 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0045.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6320
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10771
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-12/0045.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6320
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10771
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