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🛡️ CVE-2006-7197 — tomcat

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-126 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Apache Tomcat Buffer Over-Read

The AJP connector in Apache Tomcat 5.5.15 uses an incorrect length for chunks, which can cause a buffer over-read in the ajp_process_callback in mod_jk, which allows remote attackers to read portions of sensitive memory.

Weakness class

CVE-2006-7197 is classified as CWE-126: Buffer Over-read. The product reads from a buffer using buffer access mechanisms such as indexes or pointers that reference memory locations after the targeted buffer.

Affected software

CVE-2006-7197 is recorded against 1 package.

  • org.apache.tomcat:tomcat

Timeline and source

Published on 1 May 2022 and last revised on 9 April 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
web.archive.org (Web)
svn.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
lists.apache.org (Web)
github.com (Package)
access.redhat.com (Web)
issues.apache.org (Web)
www.redhat.com (Web)
www.securityfocus.com (Web)

Other advisories for this package

org.apache.tomcat:tomcat has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-126: Buffer Over-read) in other software:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE CWE-126
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-05-01
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2025-04-09
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat — —

References

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