7.8

CVE-2016-4434: apache tika

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-4434DEBIAN-CVE-2016-4434GHSA-4xr4-4c65-hj7f
Published 29-09-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-4434 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in apache tika. EPSS estimates a 3.57% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.57%
0%100%
Low · -0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 29-09-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.57%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.02 pp

From 3.59% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.57%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Apache1 product
Debian1 product
  • tika< 1.18-1
Org.apache.tika1 product
  • tika-core< 1.13
Ubuntu1 product
  • tikaAll versions (No fix recorded)

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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