Vulnerability in Apache Tika
CVE-2020-9489
A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger a System.exit in Tika's OneNote Parser. Crafted or corrupted files can also cause out of memory errors and/or infinite loops in Tika's ICNSParser, MP3Parser, MP4Parser, SAS7BDATParser, OneNot…
EPSS: 0.025 (83.3th 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 1.24
- Oracle Communications_messaging_server — versions 8.1
- Oracle Flexcube_private_banking — versions 12.0.0, 12.1.0
- Oracle Primavera_unifier — versions 16.1, 16.2, 18.8
- Oracle Webcenter_portal — versions 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
- The Apache Software Foundation Tika — versions Up to 1.24
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@apache.org (Mailing List, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
- security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
- security@apache.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-9489?
- CVE-2020-9489 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2020-04-27.
- How severe is CVE-2020-9489?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-9489 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.