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CVE-2016-3092
The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.70, 8.x before 8.0.36, 8.5.x…
High7.5EPSS 37.2%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
Description
The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.70, 8.x before 8.0.36, 8.5.x before 8.5.3, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long boundary string.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 37.2% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavencommons-fileupload:commons-fileuploadGHSA-fvm3-cfvj-gxqq (opens in a new tab)
References (49)
- JVNDB-2016-000121 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190212-0001/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324759 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743480 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201705-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743738 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05289840 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-3024-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2069 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1037029 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2068 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1036900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 91453 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743722 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-3611 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05204371 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2807 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2252 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- JVN#89379547 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
- 1036427 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2070 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0457 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2808 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1039606 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743742 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2599 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3609 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- DSA-3614 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [dev] 20160621 CVE-2016-3092: Apache Commons Fileupload information disclosure vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349468 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:2071 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3027-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [25/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [22/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [27/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/ (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-202107-39 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-fvm3-cfvj-gxqq (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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