What is CVE-2018-17197?

CVE-2018-17197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-17197?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-17197 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Apache Tika

CVE-2018-17197

A carefully crafted or corrupt sqlite file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's SQLite3Parser in versions 1.8-1.19.1 of Apache Tika.

EPSS: 0.059 (92.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Apache Tika
Apache Software Foundation Tika — versions Apache Tika 1.8-1.19.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-835 — Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

Anonymous-Phunter/PHunter

References

security@apache.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security@apache.org (x_refsource_MISC)
security@apache.org (x_refsource_MISC)
security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
security@apache.org (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-17197?: CVE-2018-17197 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2018-12-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-17197?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-17197 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.