CVE-2002-2272 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Tomcat 4.0 through 4.1.12, using mod_jk 1.2.1 module on Apac)
Tomcat 4.0 through 4.1.12, using mod_jk 1.2.1 module on Apache 1.3 through 1.3.27, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desynchronized communications) via an HTTP GET request with a Transfer-Encoding chunked field with invalid values.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-2272 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.8 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| CWE | CWE-119 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Tomcat 4.0 through 4.1.12, using mod_jk 1.2.1 module on Apache 1.3 through 1.3.27, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (desynchronized communications) via an HTTP GET request with a Transfer-Encoding chunked field with invalid values. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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