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CVE-2016-6809 Details

Description

Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files. The issue exists because Tika invokes JMatIO to do native deserialization.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txt CVERelease NotesVendor Advisory
http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40 CVEMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E CVE

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apache nutch
2.3.1

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:nutch:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apache tika
<= 1.13

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

13 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-6809
NVD Published Date:
Apr 6, 2017
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2016-6809 Details - Not Deferred