What is CVE-2019-14262?

CVE-2019-14262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metadataextractor Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-07-25.

How severe is CVE-2019-14262?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Metadataextractor Project

CVE-2019-14262

MetadataExtractor 2.1.0 allows stack consumption.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

Published 2019-07-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (74.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Metadataextractor Project — versions 2.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

github.com/drewnoakes/metadata-extractor-dotnet/pull/190 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc30… (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-14262?: CVE-2019-14262 is a high-severity vulnerability in Metadataextractor Project, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-07-25.
How severe is CVE-2019-14262?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.