Resource exhaustion in Apache Tika
CVE-2020-1950
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.029 (85.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Apache Tika — versions Apache Tika 1.0-1.23
- Apache Tika
- Oracle Business_process_management_suite — versions 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
- Oracle Communications_messaging_server — versions 8.0.2, 8.1
- Oracle Flexcube_private_banking — versions 12.0.0, 12.1.0
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 16.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@apache.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- security@apache.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-1950?
- CVE-2020-1950 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-03-23.
- How severe is CVE-2020-1950?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-1950 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.