Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.47, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC3, when an HTTP connector or AJP connector is used, does not properly handle certain inconsistent HTTP request headers, which allows remote attackers to trigger incorrect identification of a request's length and conduct request-smuggling attacks via (1) multiple Content-Length headers or (2) a Content-Length header and a "Transfer-Encoding: chunked" header. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2005-2090.
CVE-2013-4286
This CVE was only ever scored under CVSS v2.0. NVD CVSS v2.0 base 5.8 — 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:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N. 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 16.8% 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)
- 5.8MEDIUMNVD never assigned a CVSS v3 rating to this CVE
- EG Score
- 5.8(low)
- EG Risk
- 47(Track)EG Risk 47/100SSVC: 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 computedSeverity58% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability30% × 15%Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence. - EPSS PROB
- 17%
- EPSS %ILE
- 97%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
February 26, 2014
Last Modified
April 29, 2026
References (90)
- secalert@redhathttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0148.html
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=141390017113542&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=144498216801440&w=2
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0343.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0344.html
- secalert@redhathttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0345.html
- secalert@redhathttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/57675
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59036
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59675
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59722
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59724
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59733
- secalert@redhathttp://secunia.com/advisories/59873
- secalert@redhathttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1521829
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2013-4286(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Patch Availability(11)
| Vendor / Ecosystem | Fixed in / Patch | Released | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | libtomcat7-java (7.0.42-1ubuntu0.1) @ saucy | 2026-05-28 | ubuntu |
| redhat | jbossweb | 2015-05-14 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat-0:7.0.42-5.el7_0 | 2014-06-10 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat7 | 2014-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat6-0:6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el6 | 2014-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat7-0:7.0.40-9_patch_02.ep6.el6 | 2014-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat6 | 2014-05-21 | redhat |
| redhat | patch | 2014-05-15 | redhat |
| redhat | tomcat6-0:6.0.24-64.el6_5 | 2014-04-23 | redhat |
| redhat | jbossweb-0:7.3.1-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el5 | 2014-03-31 | redhat |
| redhat | jbossweb-0:7.3.1-1.Final_redhat_1.1.ep6.el6 | 2014-03-31 | 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 | 8.0.0-RC1 | 8.0.0-RC3 | — |
Additional Vendor Advisories
(15)
Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0343MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0343 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0344MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0344 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0345MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0345 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0373MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0373 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0374MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0374 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0429MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0429 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0458MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0458 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0459MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0459 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0511MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0511 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0525MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0525 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0526MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0526 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0527MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0527 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0528MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0528 — Moderate
- Red HatRHSA-2014:0686MODERATE2014-02-25
RHSA-2014:0686 — Moderate
- UbuntuUSN-2130-1MEDIUM
Tomcat vulnerabilities
Data Freshness Timeline
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