Is CVE-2012-5568 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-5568 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-5568?

CVE-2012-5568 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2012-5568

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 9.6%EU EUVD

Apache Tomcat through 7.0.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon outage) via partial HTTP requests, as demonstrated by Slowloris.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 9.6% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-5459)
Published: November 30, 2012
NVD last modified: October 9, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5459 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on October 9, 2026.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / tomcat
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse

References

http://captainholly.wordpress.com/2009/06/19/slowloris-vs-tomcat/(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00089.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-12/msg00090.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00037.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/26/2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147776.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://tomcat.10.n6.nabble.com/How-does-Tomcat-handle-a-slow-HTTP-DoS-tc2147779.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56686(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880011(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80317(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)

Last updated October 11, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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