CVE-2016-6808

critical
Published 2017-04-12 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

Buffer overflow in Apache Tomcat Connectors (mod_jk) before 1.2.42.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
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-2016-6808

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://tomcat.apache.org/security-jk.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139071/Apache-Tomcat-JK-ISAPI-Connector-1.2.41-Buffer-Overflow.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0
debian debianbullseyefixed0
debian debianforkyfixed0
debian debiansidfixed0
debian debiantrixiefixed0

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachetomcat_jk_connector{"endExcluding":"1.2.42"}1.2.42

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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