9.8

CVE-2016-6809: apache nutch Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSS: 9.8v3.1CriticalModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2016-6809GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439
Published 06-04-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-6809 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in apache nutch. EPSS estimates a 8.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
8.03%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-04-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files. The issue exists because Tika invokes JMatIO to do native deserialization.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

8.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

95%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 8.03% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
8.03%

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

Apache2 products
Debian1 product
  • tika< 1.18-1
Org.apache.tika1 product
  • tika-core< 1.14

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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