Vulnerability in Apache Tika
CVE-2021-28657
A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger an infinite loop in Tika's MP3Parser up to and including Tika 1.25. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.26 or later.
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: 0.027 (85.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 86th percentile — 85.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.028 · newest: 0.027 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Apache Tika
- Apache Software Foundation Tika — versions Apache Tika
- Oracle Communications Messaging Server — versions 8.1
- Oracle Healthcare Foundation — versions 7.3.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0
- Oracle Primavera Unifier — versions 18.8, 19.12, 20.12
- Oracle Webcenter Portal — versions 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r915add4aa52c60d1b5cf085039cfa73a98d7fae9673374dfd… (Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7… (mailing-list)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0004/ (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-28657?
- CVE-2021-28657 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Tika, classified under Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition (Infinite Loop). CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-31.
- How severe is CVE-2021-28657?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2021-28657 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.