vulnerability
Apache Tomcat: Important: A bug in the UTF-8 decoder can lead to DoS (CVE-2018-1336)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 2, 2018 | Aug 2, 2018 | Jun 19, 2026 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 2, 2018
Added
Aug 2, 2018
Modified
Jun 19, 2026
Description
An improper handing of overflow in the UTF-8 decoder with supplementary characters can lead to an infinite loop in the decoder causing a Denial of Service. Versions Affected: Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M9 to 9.0.7, 8.5.0 to 8.5.30, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.51, and 7.0.28 to 7.0.86.
Solutions
apache-tomcat-upgrade-7_0_88apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_0_52apache-tomcat-upgrade-8_5_31apache-tomcat-upgrade-9_0_8apache-tomcat-7_0apache-tomcat-8_0apache-tomcat-8_5apache-tomcat-9_0apache-tomcat-upgrade-latest
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