Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core package, versions [9.0.0.M1,9.0.107)[10.0.0-M1,10.1.43)[11.0.0-M1,11.0.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGAPACHETOMCATEMBED-10674391
  • published10 Jul 2025
  • disclosed16 Jun 2025
  • creditSaravana Kumar

Introduced: 16 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-52520  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core to version 9.0.107, 10.1.43, 11.0.9 or higher.

Overview

org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core is a Core Tomcat implementation.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Integer Overflow or Wraparound via file uploads through servlet containers. An attacker can craft malicious multipart/form-data requests with specially crafted Content-Length headers that trigger integer overflow vulnerabilities, potentially bypassing file size restrictions and causing memory exhaustion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1