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)
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.030 (87.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 87.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: -0.000
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 Linux — versions 8.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00035.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r463b1a67817ae55fe022536edd6db34e8f9636971188430cb… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- usn.ubuntu.com/4564-1/ (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
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.