CVE-2013-2185
The readObject method in the DiskFileItem class in Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 and Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0.0, allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance, a similar issue to CVE-2013-2186. NOTE: this issue is reportedly disputed by the Apache Tomcat team, although Red Hat considers it a vulnerability. The dispute appears to regard whether it is the responsibility of applications to avoid providing untrusted data to be deserialized, or whether this class should inherently protect against this issue
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 7.2% (94th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2022-5293)
- Published
- January 19, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2022-5293 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apache / tomcat
- redhat / jboss enterprise application platform
- redhat / jboss enterprise portal platform
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/10/24/12
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1193.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1194.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1265.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/4
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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