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CVE-2016-6808

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6808 is a critical buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) versions prior to 1.2.42. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.2.42CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat_jk_connector:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1899 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (25)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.23-102.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_auth_kerb-0:5.4-35.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_bmx-0:0.9.6-14.GA.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.5-13.Final_redhat_1.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.41-14.redhat_1.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_rt-0:2.4.1-16.GA.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_security-0:2.9.1-18.GA.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.12.0-9.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-12.jbcs.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.23-102.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_auth_kerb-0:5.4-35.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_bmx-0:0.9.6-14.GA.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.5-13.Final_redhat_1.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.41-14.redhat_1.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_rt-0:2.4.1-16.GA.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_security-0:2.9.1-18.GA.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.12.0-9.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2h-12.jbcs.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Text-Only JBCS
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redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5Fixed in: mod_jk
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1Fixed in: mod_jk
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: mod_jk
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2Fixed in: mod_jk
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 3Fixed in: mod_jk
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 3Fixed in: mod_jk

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-6808Important

mod_jk: Buffer overflow when concatenating virtual host name and URI

Oct 6, 2016

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/139071/Apache-Tomcat-JK-ISAPI-Connector-1.2.41-Buffer-Overflow.html
ExploitMitigationThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2957.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:0193
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:0194
Third Party Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Oct/44
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/277d42b48b6e9aef50949c0dcc79ce21693091d73da246b3c1981925%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/5b7a23e245c93235c503900da854a143596d901bf1a1f67e851a5de4%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/8d2a579bbd977c225c70cb23b0ec54865fb0dab5da3eff1e060c9935%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/ba661b0edd913b39ff129a32d855620dd861883ade05fd88a8ce517d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r5c616dfc49156e4b06ffab842800c80f4425924d0f20c452c127a53c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf8e8c091182b45daa50d3557cad9b10bb4198e3f08cf8f1c66a1b08d%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
tomcat.apache.org / security-jk.html
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/4
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93429
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036969
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry