CVE-2016-1181

Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-07-04 · updated 2026-10-15

Description

ActionServlet.java in Apache Struts 1 1.x through 1.3.10 mishandles multithreaded access to an ActionForm instance, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (unexpected memory access) via a multipart request, a related issue to CVE-2015-0899.

Affected products

Apache Struts: 1.0, 1.0-beta1, 1.0-beta2, 1.0-beta3, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 (+22)
Oracle Banking Platform: 2.3.0, 2.4.0, 2.4.1, 2.5.0
Oracle Portal: 11.1.1.6

References

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN03188560/index.html
http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000096
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2016-2881720.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91068
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91787
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036056

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