Apache Tika up to 1.23 PSD Parser resource consumption

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache Tika. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component PSD Parser. Performing a manipulation results in resource consumption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2020-1950. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Apache Tika. This affects an unknown code block of the component PSD Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource consumption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-400. The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.

The weakness was released 03/23/2020 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-1950 since 12/02/2019. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/27/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 237252 (Ubuntu 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS : Apache Tika vulnerabilities (USN-7529-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (237252). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-152032. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Vendor

• Apache

Name

• Tika

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.apache.org/

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