CVE-2002-2272

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

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.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: 1.3, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.10, 1.3.11 (+15)
Apache Tomcat: 4.0.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5 (+9)

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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