5.5

CVE-2020-1951: apache tika Infinite Loop

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-1951DEBIAN-CVE-2020-1951GHSA-3264-3fm9-fg44
Published 23-03-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2020-1951 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in apache tika. EPSS estimates a 2.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
23/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.89%
0%100%
Low · -0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 2
DLA-2161-1USN-4564-1USN-7529-1

Timeline

  1. 23-03-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 04-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.01 pp

From 2.90% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.89%

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

Oracle3 products
Debian2 products
Apache1 product
  • tika≥ 1.0, ≤ 1.23
Canonical1 product
Org.apache.tika1 product
  • tika≥ 1.0, < 1.24
Ubuntu1 product
  • tika< 1.5-4ubuntu0.1 | All versions (No fix recorded) | < 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

6 vendors · 9 products

References

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