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CVE-2014-1972
Apache Tapestry before 5.3.6 relies on client-side object storage without checking whether a client has modified an object, which allows…
High7.8EPSS 9.6%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- jpcert
Description
Apache Tapestry before 5.3.6 relies on client-side object storage without checking whether a client has modified an object, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.
Timeline
ID reserved
By jpcert
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
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)
- 9.6% · top 4.5% of all CVEs (8 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.tapestry:tapestry-coreGHSA-c438-8cvq-pxxx (opens in a new tab)
References (10)
- https://tapestry.apache.org/release-notes-536.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAP5-2008 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- JVN#17611367 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- JVNDB-2015-000118 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20190823 CVE-2019-10071: Timing Attack in HMAC Verification in Apache Tapestry (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20190825 CVE-2019-10071: Timing Attack in HMAC Verification in Apache Tapestry (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- [tapestry-users] 20190913 Re: CVE-2019-10071: Apache Tapestry vulnerability disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tapestry-users] 20191007 Re: CVE-2019-10071: Apache Tapestry vulnerability disclosure (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tapestry-commits] 20200111 svn commit: r1055136 [2/2] - in /websites/production/tapestry/content: cache/main.pageCache component-rendering.html content-type-and-markup.html dom.html https.html request-processing.html response-compression.html security.html url-rewriting.html (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tapestry-commits] 20200531 svn commit: r1061326 [4/4] - in /websites/production/tapestry/content: ./ cache/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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-c438-8cvq-pxxx (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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