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medium 5.0

CVE-2011-4610 json

JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss Communications Platform before 5.1.3, Enterprise Web Platform before 5.1.2, Enterprise Application Plat…

published 2014-02-10 12 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2011-4534

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

  • jbossweb jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5
  • jbossweb jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6
  • jbossweb-lib jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5
  • jbossweb-lib jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6
  • jbossweb-el-1.0-api jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5
  • jbossweb-el-1.0-api jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6
  • jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5
  • jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api jboss enterprise web platform 5, jboss enterprise application platform 5 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2012:0076RHSA-2012:0074

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2011-4610 updated cvss 5.0

JBoss Web remote denial of service when surrogate pair character is placed at buffer boundary

  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 security
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss Communications Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0078
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise BRMS Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0325
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0074
  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0075
  • Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2 Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0325
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 5 Server jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el5 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 6 Server jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0076
  • Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2012:0077
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 tomcat5 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 tomcat6, tomcat6-lib, tomcat6-log4j, tomcat6-javadoc, tomcat6-webapps, tomcat6-el-2.1-api, +4 more Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 tomcat6, tomcat5 tomcat5 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 AS jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4 Red Hat JBoss Web Platform 5 for RHEL 4 ES jbossweb 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-lib 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-el-1.0-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-jsp-2.1-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4, jbossweb-servlet-2.5-api 2.1.12-3_patch_03.2.ep5.el4
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

2.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.