The MultipartStream class in Apache Commons Fileupload before 1.3.2, as used in Apache Tomcat 7.x before 7.0.70, 8.x before 8.0.36, 8.5.x before 8.5.3, and 9.x before 9.0.0.M7 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long boundary string.
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-09/msg00025.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/commons-dev/201606.mbox/%3CCAF8HOZ%2BPq2QH8RnxBuJyoK1dOz6jrTiQypAC%2BH8g6oZkBg%2BCxg%40mail.gmail.com%3E cve-icon cve-icon
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2599.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2807.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2808.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0457.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743480 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743722 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743738 cve-icon cve-icon
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1743742 cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-7.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-8.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-9.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3609 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3611 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3614 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91453 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036427 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036900 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037029 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039606 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3024-1 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3027-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0455 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0456 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1349468 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05204371 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05289840 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05324759 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/343558d982879bf88ec20dbf707f8c11255f8e219e81d45c4f8d0551%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/388a323769f1dff84c9ec905455aa73fbcb20338e3c7eb131457f708%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9136ff5b13e4f1941360b5a309efee2c114a14855578c3a2cbe5d19c%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3092 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201705-09 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-39 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190212-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3092 cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html cve-icon cve-icon
History

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 07 Oct 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2016-07-04T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-10-07T17:48:43.485Z

Reserved: 2016-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3092

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:40:15.604Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-07-04T22:59:04.303

Modified: 2026-10-07T18:17:07.770

Link: CVE-2016-3092

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-06-21T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-3092 - Bugzilla