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CVE-2018-17197

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-17197 describes an infinite loop vulnerability within Apache Tika's SQLite3Parser, affecting versions 1.8 through 1.19.1. An attacker could trigger this denial-of-service condition by providing a specially crafted or corrupt SQLite file. With a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and requires user interaction, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 1.8, <= 1.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

6.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0593 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 26,219 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tika:tika-parsersFixed in: 1.20

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9gmedium

Apache Tika Denial of Service due to Infinite Loop in Tika's SQLite3Parser

Dec 26, 2018
redhatCVE-2018-17197Moderate

tika: Infinite loop in SQLite3Parser resulting in a denial of service

Dec 22, 2018

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/7c021a4ea2037e52e74628e17e8e0e2acab1f447160edc8be0eae6d3%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
oracle.com / technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
securityfocus.com / bid/106293
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry