Medium
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tika
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.apache.tika:tika | >= 1.0, < 1.24 | 1.24 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1950
- https://github.com/apache/tika
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r463b1a67817ae55fe022536edd6db34e8f9636971188430cbcf8a8dd%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00035.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4564-1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
CVSS score
5.5/10
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-400- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.apache.tika:tika- Disclosed
- 07.05.2021
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 11:22
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-3h29-52vh-pqgr - CC BY 4.0
Vulnerability history: org.apache.tika:tika
All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.
- Total entries
- 6
- First → latest
- 05.2021 06.2022
- Without a fix
- 0
- Exploited in attacks
- 0
Severity breakdown
- Medium 5
- Low 1
Disclosures per year
- 2021: 4
- 2022: 2
- 2023: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2026: 0
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