PT-2020-2662 · Apache+2 · Apache Tika+2

Published 2020-03-23 · Updated 2025-05-23 · CVE-2020-1950

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apache Tika versions 1.0 through 1.23

Description The issue is related to excessive memory usage caused by a carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file in Apache Tika's PSDParser. This can lead to a denial of service. The estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide is not specified. There is no information about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations For Apache Tika versions 1.0 through 1.23, consider disabling the PSDParser until a patch is available to prevent excessive memory usage and potential denial of service attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Resource Exhaustion

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-400

Related Identifiers

BDU:2020-02706

CVE-2020-1950

DLA-2161-1

GHSA-3H29-52VH-PQGR

USN-4564-1

USN-7529-1

Affected Products

Apache Tika

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

References · 25

• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7529-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-33879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-1950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2020-02706 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-1950 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2161-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-30126 · Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r463b1a67817ae55fe022536edd6db34e8f9636971188430cbcf8a8dd%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1950 · Security Note
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4564-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-1950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-1950 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-1950 · Vendor Advisory