CVE-2016-6817 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 through 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 through 8.5.6. An attacker could trigger an infinite loop in the HTTP/2 header parser by sending a header larger than the available buffer. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity, leading to a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:8.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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