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dev/cve-2014-0050"],"metasploit":["auxiliary/dos/http/apache_commons_fileupload_dos"],"checkedAt":"2026-10-07T18:42:55.473Z"},"exploitAvailable":true,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-07T18:42:20.868Z","slug":"CVE-2014-0050","body":"## Overview\n\nMultipartStream.java in Apache Commons FileUpload before 1.3.1, as used in Apache Tomcat, JBoss Web, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a crafted Content-Type header that bypasses a loop's intended exit conditions.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `retail_applications = 12.0`\n- `retail_applications = 12.0in`\n- `retail_applications = 13.0`\n- `retail_applications = 13.1`\n- `retail_applications = 13.2`\n- `retail_applications = 13.3`\n- `retail_applications = 13.4`\n- `retail_applications = 14.0`\n- `commons_fileupload <= 1.3`\n- `commons_fileupload = 1.0`\n- `commons_fileupload = 1.1`\n- `commons_fileupload = 1.1.1`\n- `commons_fileupload = 1.2`\n- `commons_fileupload = 1.2.1`\n- `commons_fileupload = 1.2.2`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.1`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.2`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.3`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.4`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.5`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.6`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.7`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.8`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.9`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.10`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.11`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.12`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.13`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.14`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.15`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.16`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.17`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.18`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.19`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.20`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.21`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.22`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.23`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.24`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.25`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.26`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.27`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.28`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.29`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.30`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.31`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.32`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.33`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.34`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.35`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.36`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.37`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.38`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.39`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.40`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.41`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.42`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.43`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.44`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.45`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.46`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.47`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.48`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.49`\n- `tomcat = 7.0.50`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.0`\n- `tomcat = 8.0.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":70,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":41.3,"likelihood":16.6,"exploitation":12,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}