Apache Tika up to 1.23 PSD Parser infinite loop

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apache Tika. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component PSD Parser. Executing a manipulation can lead to infinite loop. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-1951. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Apache Tika and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component PSD Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:

A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.

The weakness was disclosed 03/23/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-1951 since 12/02/2019. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/27/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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). The entry VDB-158154 is pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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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