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CVE-2020-9489

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2020-9489 describes multiple vulnerabilities in Apache Tika's parsers, including OneNote, ICNS, MP3, MP4, SAS7BDAT, and Image parsers. These flaws, affecting products like Apache Tika, Oracle Communications Messaging Server, and Oracle WebCenter Portal, can be triggered by specially crafted or corrupt files. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction. Successful exploitation could lead to denial of service through System.exit calls, out-of-memory errors, or infinite loops, but does not impact confidentiality or integrity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal, consistent with a large percentage of reported vulnerabilities. Users are advised to upgrade to Apache Tika 1.24.1 or later to mitigate these risks.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:1.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:flexcube_private_banking:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:flexcube_private_banking:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.7, <= 17.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:primavera_unifier:16.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0255 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 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 (3)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tika:tikaFixed in: 1.24.1
oraclepatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0Fixed in: camel-tika
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-4pv3-63jw-4jw2medium

Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Apache Tika

May 7, 2021
redhatCVE-2020-9489Moderate

tika-core: Denial of Service Vulnerabilities in Some of Apache Tika's Parsers

Apr 24, 2020

References

lists.apache.org / thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r4d943777e36ca3aa6305a45da5acccc54ad894f2d5a07186cfa2442c%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
Mailing ListVendor Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / /security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
PatchThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
PatchThird Party Advisory