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Vulnerability details: VCID-9rpn-zb26-yfdk
Vulnerability ID VCID-9rpn-zb26-yfdk
Aliases CVE-2003-0045
GHSA-w97x-xfxf-f9xj
Summary Jakarta Tomcat before 3.3.1a on certain Windows systems may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (thread hang and resource consumption) via a request for a JSP page containing an MS-DOS device name, such as aux.jsp.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
System Score Found at
generic_textual MODERATE http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
epss 0.01508 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
apache_tomcat Important https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0045
generic_textual MODERATE https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12102
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w97x-xfxf-f9xj
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0045
Reference id Reference type URL
http://jakarta.apache.org/builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2003-0045
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12102
CVE-2003-0045 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0045
CVE-2003-0045 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0045
GHSA-w97x-xfxf-f9xj https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w97x-xfxf-f9xj
No exploits are available.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.81119
EPSS Score 0.01508
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T12:38:21.013874+00:00 Apache Tomcat Importer Import https://tomcat.apache.org/security-3.html 38.0.0