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, OneNoteParser and ImageParser. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.24.1 or later. The vulnerabilities in the MP4Parser were partially fixed by upgrading the com.googlecode:isoparser:1.1.22 dependency to org.tallison:isoparser:1.9.41.2. For unrelated security reasons, we upgraded org.apache.cxf to 3.3.6 as part of the 1.24.1 release.
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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: 0.027 (85.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.027 · change: +0.001
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
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d943777e36ca3aa6305a45da5acccc54ad894f2d5a07186c… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7… (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
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.