CVE-2020-9489

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.10% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: The Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html third party advisory patch
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d943777e36ca3aa6305a45da5acccc54ad894f2d5a07186cfa2442c%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E vendor advisory mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-9489?
CVE-2020-9489 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-9489?
To fix CVE-2020-9489, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-9489 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2020-9489 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2020-9489?
CVE-2020-9489 affects The Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika.
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