JBoss Web remote denial of service when surrogate pair character is placed at buffer boundary
Published Feb 10, 2014
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.17%
Description
JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Communications Platform before 5.1.3, Enterprise Web Platform before 5.1.2, Enterprise Application Platform before 5.1.2, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via vectors related to a crafted UTF-8 and a "surrogate pair character" that is "at the boundary of an internal buffer."
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 5.1
- ≤ 5.1.2
- ≤ 5.1.0
- ≤ 5.1.2
No data.
JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5
jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0076
JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6
jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0076
JBoss Communications Platform 5.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0078
JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0325
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5
jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0074
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6
jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0074
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0075
Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0325
Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.2
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0325
Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0077
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
tomcat5
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
tomcat6
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
security
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1
tomcat5
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1
tomcat6
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| JBEWP 5 for RHEL 5 | jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0076 |
| JBEWP 5 for RHEL 6 | jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0076 |
| JBoss Communications Platform 5.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0078 |
| JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0325 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 | jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0074 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 | jbossweb-0:2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0074 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0075 |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0325 |
| Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.2 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0325 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0077 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | tomcat5 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | tomcat6 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | security | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 | tomcat5 | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 | tomcat6 | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 81.63th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 79.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.74% (0.01744) | 81.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.28% (0.02279) | 90.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 23, 2023 | 2.28% (0.02279) | 88.32th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 7, 2023 | 2.57% (0.02574) | 88.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.56% (0.02557) | 88.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 13, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 3, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.osvdb.org/78775 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51829 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4610 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767871 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryIssue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4610
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4610
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0074.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0075.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0076.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0077.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0078.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0325.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/78775 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51829 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-4610 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=767871 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor AdvisoryIssue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4610 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4610 |
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