CVE-2016-3092

high
Published 2016-07-04 · Modified 2024-03-16
CVSS v3
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v2
7.8
VIR risk
7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
83%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3092

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05204371

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743742

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743738

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743722

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2016-000121

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN89379547/index.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3092.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.2-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.2-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.2-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.2-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.2-1
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu16.04affected
debian debian8.0affected

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavencommons-fileupload:commons-fileupload<1.3.21.3.2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachetomcat7.0.50
apache apachetomcat7.0.52
hpicewall_identity_manager5.0
hpicewall_sso_agent_option10.0
apache apachetomcat9.0.0
apache apachetomcat8.0.0
apache apachetomcat8.0.1
apache apachetomcat8.0.3
apache apachetomcat8.0.5
apache apachetomcat8.0.8
apache apachetomcat8.0.11
apache apachetomcat8.0.12
apache apachetomcat8.0.14
apache apachetomcat8.0.15
apache apachetomcat8.0.17
apache apachetomcat8.0.18
apache apachetomcat8.0.20
apache apachetomcat8.0.21
apache apachetomcat8.0.22
apache apachetomcat8.0.23
apache apachetomcat8.0.24
apache apachetomcat8.0.26
apache apachetomcat8.0.27
apache apachetomcat8.0.28
apache apachetomcat8.0.29
apache apachetomcat8.0.30
apache apachetomcat8.0.32
apache apachetomcat8.0.33
apache apachetomcat8.0.35
apache apachetomcat8.5.0
apache apachetomcat8.5.2
apache apachecommons_fileupload{"endIncluding":"1.3.1"}
apache apachetomcat7.0.0
apache apachetomcat7.0.1
apache apachetomcat7.0.2
apache apachetomcat7.0.4
apache apachetomcat7.0.5
apache apachetomcat7.0.6
apache apachetomcat7.0.8
apache apachetomcat7.0.10
apache apachetomcat7.0.11
apache apachetomcat7.0.12
apache apachetomcat7.0.14
apache apachetomcat7.0.16
apache apachetomcat7.0.19
apache apachetomcat7.0.20
apache apachetomcat7.0.21
apache apachetomcat7.0.22
apache apachetomcat7.0.23
apache apachetomcat7.0.25
apache apachetomcat7.0.26
apache apachetomcat7.0.27
apache apachetomcat7.0.28
apache apachetomcat7.0.29
apache apachetomcat7.0.30
apache apachetomcat7.0.32
apache apachetomcat7.0.33
apache apachetomcat7.0.34
apache apachetomcat7.0.35
apache apachetomcat7.0.37
apache apachetomcat7.0.39
apache apachetomcat7.0.40
apache apachetomcat7.0.41
apache apachetomcat7.0.42
apache apachetomcat7.0.47
apache apachetomcat7.0.53
apache apachetomcat7.0.54
apache apachetomcat7.0.55
apache apachetomcat7.0.56
apache apachetomcat7.0.57
apache apachetomcat7.0.59
apache apachetomcat7.0.61
apache apachetomcat7.0.62
apache apachetomcat7.0.63
apache apachetomcat7.0.64
apache apachetomcat7.0.65
apache apachetomcat7.0.67
apache apachetomcat7.0.68
apache apachetomcat7.0.69

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.