CVE-2016-6809

Summary

CVECVE-2016-6809
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-06 21:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:34:00 UTC
DescriptionApache 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-502

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Nutch 2.3.1 All All All
Application Apache Nutch 2.3.1 All All All
Application Apache Tika All All All All

References

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Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
404 Not Found MISC dist.apache.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Bugtraq: CVE-2016-6809 – Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability in Apache Tika’s MATLAB Parser CONFIRM seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Apache Tika CVE-2016-6809 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981017 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.tika:tika-core (GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439)
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