CVE-2014-0050

CRITICALPre-NVD 7.59.0
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

“▲” beside the score: it is higher than the CVSS score beside it.

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicted 83% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs) when EchelonGraph scored this CVE. CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 baseline 7.5 retained for reference (NVD's own analysis pending). Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction (continuous uplift above 30%)
Sources: CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1, EPSS
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekWeaponized

Also known asEUVD-2018-0825 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-xx68-jfcg-xmmf (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • 11 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running an affected version — derived from Shodan data (© Shodan); a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open
  • High exploitation likelihood — EPSS 83%
  • Public exploit code is available (Metasploit, Exploit-DB, marked verified by Exploit-DB)
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 83%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: Metasploit · Exploit-DB (verified)Exposed services: 11

A fix is available — apply it.

MultipartStream.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.

Internet exposure · derived from Shodan data

11 internet-facing services (distinct ip:port) on record running a version that maps to CVE-2014-0050, in our KEV-Exposure radar’s Shodan-derived sample.

across 8 countries (China, Korea, Republic of, United States, Costa Rica, India)top: tomcat
See the KEV-Exposure radar →Derived from Shodan data. Shodan data is owned by Shodan, which holds its copyright (© Shodan). EchelonGraph claims no ownership of it or copyright in it. Aggregate, host-redacted.

How it counts: every 12 hours, when Shodan query credits allow, the radar runs one Shodan query per tracked product, reads up to 100 ip:port services per query, and keeps a service when its banner version matches a CISA-KEV or high-EPSS CVE; a service is dropped when neither a search nor a Shodan InternetDB port re-check has refreshed it for 21 days. A re-check that finds the port still listed by Shodan InternetDB refreshes the service without re-reading the banner, so a patched service can stay counted while its port stays open. A count is a banner-version inference over a sample, not an exploit test and not an internet-wide census, and the unit is a service, not a machine: a machine answering on two ports counts twice.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.0CRITICALhigh confidence
EG Risk
82
EG Risk 82/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity75% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 7.5 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation83% × 40%
FIRST EPSS: the 30-day exploitation probability when EchelonGraph scored this CVE.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
83%
EPSS %ILE
99th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.0): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.0 is EPSS's lift toward 9.0 from its impact severity (EG Severity, CVSS 7.5 HIGH): a likelihood of exploitation, not impact.

EG Severity
7.5 HIGHCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 · CVSS v3.1
EG Likelihood
83% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low or medium mission impact; Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 1, 2014

Last Modified

October 7, 2026

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Oct 7, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Web page

[SECURITY] [DSA 2856-1] libcommons-fileupload-java security update

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2856
Web page

Secunia Research & Vulnerability Insights | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/59184
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

1062337 – (CVE-2014-0050) CVE-2014-0050 apache-commons-fileupload: denial of service due to too-small buffer size used by MultipartStream

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1062337
Web page

Secunia Research & Vulnerability Insights | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/60753
Web page

'[security bulletin] HPSBGN03329 rev.1 - HP SDN VAN Controller, Remote Denial of Service (DoS), Distr' - MARC

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=143136844732487&w=2
Web page

JVN#14876762: Apache Commons FileUpload vulnerable to denial-of-service (DoS)

http://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN14876762/index.html
Web page

Support Content Notification - Support Portal - Broadcom support portal

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0008.html

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2014-0050(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(15)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibtomcat7-java (7.0.42-1ubuntu0.1) @ saucy2026-11-01ubuntu
redhatjbossweb2015-05-14redhat
redhattomcat7-0:7.0.40-9_patch_02.ep6.el62014-05-21redhat
redhattomcat62014-05-21redhat
redhattomcat6-0:6.0.37-27_patch_04.ep6.el62014-05-21redhat
redhattomcat72014-05-21redhat
redhatpatch2014-05-06redhat
redhatpatch2014-04-30redhat
redhattomcat6-0:6.0.24-64.el6_52014-04-23redhat
redhatpatch2014-04-14redhat
redhatpatch2014-04-14redhat
redhatjbossweb-0:7.3.0-2.Final_redhat_2.1.ep6.el62014-03-05redhat
mavencommons-fileupload:commons-fileupload @ 1.3.1 (fixes < 1.3.1)—ghsa
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat @ 8.0.3 (fixes >= 8.0.0-RC1, <= 8.0.1)—ghsa
mavenorg.apache.tomcat:tomcat @ 7.0.52 (fixes >= 7.0.0, <= 7.0.50)—ghsa

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

(9 across 7 ecosystems)
Debian:7(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-fileupload-java1.2.2-1, 1.2.2-1+deb7u1
  • every version up to 1.2.2-1+deb7u2: fixed in 1.2.2-1+deb7u2
—
tomcat77.0.28-4
  • every version up to 7.0.28-4+deb7u1: fixed in 7.0.28-4+deb7u1
—
Maven(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
commons-fileupload:commons-fileupload1.0 ... 1.3 (9 versions)
  • every version up to 1.3.1: fixed in 1.3.1
—
org.apache.tomcat:tomcat7.0.35 ... 7.0.50 (8 versions)
  • 8.0.0-RC1 up to 8.0.3: fixed in 8.0.3
  • 7.0.0 up to 7.0.52: fixed in 7.0.52
—
Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-fileupload-java—
  • every version up to 1.3.1-1: fixed in 1.3.1-1
—
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-fileupload-java—
  • every version up to 1.3.1-1: fixed in 1.3.1-1
—
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-fileupload-java—
  • every version up to 1.3.1-1: fixed in 1.3.1-1
—
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-fileupload-java—
  • every version up to 1.3.1-1: fixed in 1.3.1-1
—
Debian:6.0(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
libcommons-fileupload-java1.2.2-1
  • every version up to 1.2.2-1+deb6u2: fixed in 1.2.2-1+deb6u2
—

Weakness Classification(3)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(13)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 62× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 98 of 142 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 2 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 44 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 02:25 UTCOSV refresh
  2. 2026-11-01 19:15 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-11-01 19:15 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-01 19:15 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-xx68-jfcg-xmmf · GitHub severity HIGH
  5. 2026-11-01 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  6. 2026-11-01 08:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-xx68-jfcg-xmmf · GitHub severity HIGH
  7. 2026-10-31 18:32 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-30 17:43 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-30 17:43 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-30 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  11. 2026-10-29 17:01 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-10-29 17:01 UTCVendor advisory
  13. 2026-10-28 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  14. 2026-10-28 16:18 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-28 16:18 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-27 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  17. 2026-10-27 15:36 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-27 15:36 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-26 14:45 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-25 20:05 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-25 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  22. 2026-10-25 13:14 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-25 13:14 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-24 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  25. 2026-10-24 12:31 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-24 12:31 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-23 11:47 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-23 11:47 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-10-22 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  5. 2026-10-22 11:01 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-22 11:01 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-21 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  8. 2026-10-21 10:19 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-21 10:19 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-20 09:37 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-20 09:37 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-19 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  13. 2026-10-19 08:52 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-19 08:52 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-18 08:10 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-10-18 08:10 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-10-17 07:21 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-17 07:21 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-16 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  20. 2026-10-16 06:37 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-16 06:37 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-15 05:18 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-15 05:18 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-14 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  25. 2026-10-14 01:00 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-14 01:00 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-12 21:06 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-10-12 21:06 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-10-12 01:28 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-10-11 13:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  31. 2026-10-08 16:34 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  32. 2026-10-07 23:39 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  33. 2026-10-07 18:40 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-10-07 18:02 UTCEG score recompute▲ 1.50
  35. 2026-10-07 18:02 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-07 18:01 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.5 · severity → HIGH
  37. 2026-10-05 17:38 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  38. 2026-09-30 00:18 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-29 22:32 UTCOSV refresh
  40. 2026-09-26 15:53 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  41. 2026-09-21 20:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  42. 2026-09-18 19:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  43. 2026-09-17 19:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  44. 2026-09-15 03:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  45. 2026-09-10 18:53 UTCOSV refresh
  46. 2026-09-04 13:55 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  47. 2026-08-30 19:12 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  48. 2026-08-27 14:20 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  49. 2026-08-26 14:41 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  50. 2026-08-25 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  51. 2026-08-23 12:22 UTCOSV refresh
  52. 2026-08-21 23:44 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  53. 2026-08-19 16:59 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  54. 2026-08-18 13:43 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  55. 2026-08-16 14:50 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  56. 2026-08-16 02:09 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  57. 2026-08-15 01:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  58. 2026-08-08 16:31 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  59. 2026-08-07 16:21 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  60. 2026-08-07 14:27 UTCOSV refresh
  61. 2026-08-06 13:42 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  62. 2026-07-26 13:49 UTCEG score recomputeAssessed again: 7.5 HIGH
  63. 2026-07-23 14:14 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  64. 2026-07-23 01:11 UTCEG score recompute▼ 8.70
  65. 2026-07-23 00:15 UTCEG score recomputeFirst assessed: 8.7 HIGH
  66. 2026-07-22 21:53 UTCEG score recompute▼ 9.00
  67. 2026-07-22 14:04 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  68. 2026-07-22 06:48 UTCOSV refresh
  69. 2026-07-20 17:03 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  70. 2026-07-19 02:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  71. 2026-07-15 16:54 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  72. 2026-07-13 06:08 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 83% · 99th percentile
  73. 2026-07-05 01:26 UTCOSV refresh

Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 Metasploit module, 1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • Metasploitauxiliary/dos/http/apache_commons_fileupload_dos✓ verified
    Published Feb 26, 2014

    Apache Commons FileUpload and Apache Tomcat DoS

    Open source ↗
  • Exploit-DBEDB-31615✓ verified
    Published Feb 12, 2014

    Apache Commons FileUpload and Apache Tomcat - Denial of Service

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2014-0050?
CVE-2014-0050 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 1, 2014. MultipartStream.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.
When was CVE-2014-0050 made public?
CVE-2014-0050 was made public on February 6, 2014: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, Red Hat, Inc., gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on April 1, 2014. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of October 7, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2014-0050 actively exploited?
CVE-2014-0050 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EchelonGraph's EG-KEV model places it in Tier 2 (Weaponized), which is not evidence of exploitation: a Metasploit module exists for it, and Exploit-DB marks a public exploit for it as verified. EchelonGraph does not test whether exploit code works. FIRST EPSS estimates a 83% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (99th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2014-0050?
CVE-2014-0050 has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (CISA-ADP / Vulnrichment enrichment; NVD's own analysis pending). EchelonGraph synthesises CISA-ADP (Vulnrichment) CVSS v3.1 + FIRST EPSS into a combined EG score of 9.0 (CRITICAL).
How do I remediate CVE-2014-0050?
A fix for CVE-2014-0050 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2014-0050 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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