CVE-2020-9489: apache tika Infinite Loop
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-9489 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in apache tika. EPSS estimates a 2.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 27-04-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
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.
CVSS metrics
5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · MavenEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
2.71%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
86%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.09 pp
From 2.61% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Oracle4 products
- communications_messaging_server8.1
- flexcube_private_banking12.0.0 | 12.1.0
- primavera_unifier≥ 17.7, ≤ 17.12 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 18.8 | 19.12
- webcenter_portal12.2.1.3.0 | 12.2.1.4.0
Apache1 product
- tika1.24
Debian1 product
- tikaAll versions (No fix recorded)
Org.apache.tika1 product
- tika< 1.24.1
The apache software foundation1 product
- apache tika≤ 1.24
Ubuntu1 product
- tikaAll versions (No fix recorded)
6 vendors · 9 products
