Resource exhaustion in Apache Tika
CVE-2019-10094
A carefully crafted package/compressed file that, when unzipped/uncompressed yields the same file (a quine), causes a StackOverflowError in Apache Tika's RecursiveParserWrapper in versions 1.7-1.21. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.22 or later.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apache Tika — versions 1.7 to 1.21
- Apache Tika
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/fe876a649d9d36525dd097fe87ff4dcb3b82bb0fbb3a3d71fb…
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/fb6c84fd387de997e5e366d50b0ca331a328c466432c80f8c5… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/da9ee189d1756f8508d0f2386d8e25aca5a6df541739829232… (mailing-list)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/39723d8227b248781898c200aa24b154683673287b150a204b… (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc30… (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2019-10094?
- CVE-2019-10094 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2019-08-02.
- How severe is CVE-2019-10094?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2019-10094 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.