Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Apache Tika
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.
Affected software
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| Platform | Package | Vulnerable versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Java / Kotlin (Maven) | org.apache.tika:tika | < 1.24.1 | 1.24.1 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-9489
- https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/0f4d5de0f85455e91433fb0b464ea0461d7c891d
- https://github.com/apache/tika
- https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/TIKA-3081
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b@%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d943777e36ca3aa6305a45da5acccc54ad894f2d5a07186cfa2442c%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H- Weakness (CWE)
CWE-401, CWE-835- Platform
- Java / Kotlin (Maven)
- Package
org.apache.tika:tika- Disclosed
- 07.05.2021
- Updated
- 11.10.2026 11:21
Sources and licenses
OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-4pv3-63jw-4jw2 - 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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