Apache Tomcat 5.5.x before 5.5.35, 6.x before 6.0.34, and 7.x before 7.0.23 uses an inefficient approach for handling parameters, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a request that contains many parameters and parameter values, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4858.
CVE-2012-0022
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.0 — v2 rates that MEDIUM (v2 bands: LOW 0.0–3.9 / MEDIUM 4.0–6.9 / HIGH 7.0–10.0; v2 has no CRITICAL band). Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. CVSS v2 is an older, coarser metric than v3.1/v4.0 (no Scope, no User Interaction, no Attack Requirements), so it is not directly comparable to a v3 or v4 score. NVD has never re-scored this record under v3. EPSS predicts 10.9% exploitation probability in the next 30 days, which is reflected in EG Risk but does not lift the v2 base. Confidence: LOW.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v2.0 (legacy)
- 5.0MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.0(low)
- EG Risk
- 43(Track)EG Risk 43/100SSVC: Track
EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).
How it’s computedSeverity50% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 11%
- EPSS %ILE
- 95%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 19, 2012
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (64)
- secalert@redhathttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0112.html
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=132871655717248&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=133294394108746&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136485229118404&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0345.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1331.html
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/48213
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/48549
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/48790
Patch Availability(14)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libtomcat6-java (6.0.28-10ubuntu2.3) @ natty | 2026-05-29 | ubuntu |
| redhat | patch | 2012-10-03 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2012-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2012-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.33-28_patch_07.ep5.el6 | 2012-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat6-0:6.0.32-24_patch_07.ep5.el6 | 2012-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp.31.el5_8 | 2012-04-11 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat6-0:6.0.24-36.el6_2 | 2012-04-11 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2012-03-01 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2012-02-22 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2012-01-31 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2012-01-31 | redhat |
| redhat | jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6 | 2012-01-31 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2012-01-31 | redhat |
Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Maven(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.tomcat:tomcat | — | 7.0.23 | — |
All Vendor Advisories
(15)
Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0074MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0074 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0075MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0075 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0076MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0076 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0077MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0077 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0078MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0078 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0325MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0325 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0345MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0345 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0474MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0474 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0475MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0475 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0679MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0679 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0680MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0680 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0681MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0681 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:0682MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:0682 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2012:1331MODERATE2012-01-17
RHSA-2012:1331 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-1359-1MEDIUM
Tomcat vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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