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CVE-2014-1972

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Description

Apache Tapestry before 5.3.6 relies on client-side object storage without checking whether a client has modified an object, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) or execute arbitrary code via crafted serialized data.

References

https://tapestry.apache.org/release-notes-536.html

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r87523dd07886223aa086edc25fe9b8ddb9c1090f7db25b068dc30843%40%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7d9c54beb1dc97dcccc58d9b5d31f0f7166f9a25ad1beba5f8091e0c%40%3Ccommits.tapestry.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/bac8d6f9e1b4059b319d9cba6f33219a99b81623476ec896138f851c%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84e99dedad2ecb4676de93c3ab73a8a10882951ab6984f514707f3d9%40%3Cusers.tapestry.apache.org%3E

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TAP5-2008

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/23/5

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Aug/20

http://jvndb.jvn.jp/jvndb/JVNDB-2015-000118

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN17611367/index.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-08-22

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.08822

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