CVE-2018-17197 json
Apache Tika Denial of Service due to Infinite Loop in Tika's SQLite3Parser
published 2018-12-24 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g , EUVD-2018-0793
- cvss
- 6.5
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 6.1%
- EPSS 6.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
A carefully crafted or corrupt sqlite file can cause an infinite loop in Apache Tika's SQLite3Parser in versions 1.8-1.19.1 of Apache Tika.
Patch / fix
- maven org.apache.tika:tika-parsers 1.20
- tika Debian 11 1.20-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-17197
- cobbler Manager Server 3.1 2.6.6-5.25.1
- spacecmd Manager Server 3.1 2.7.8.15-2.32.1
- tika-core Manager Server 3.1 1.20-1.6.2
- susemanager Manager Server 3.1 3.1.19-2.34.2
- spacewalk-web Manager Server 3.1, Manager Proxy 3.1 2.7.1.21-2.35.1
- spacewalk-java Manager Server 3.1 2.7.46.19-2.41.3
- spacewalk-utils Manager Server 3.1 2.7.10.11-2.23.3
- py26-compat-salt Manager Server 3.1 2016.11.10-1.19.3
suse advisories SUSE-RU-2019:0863-1SUSE-SU-2019:0863-1SUSE-RU-2019:0341-1SUSE-SU-2019:0341-1
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2018-17197 updated cvss 6.5
tika: Infinite loop in SQLite3Parser resulting in a denial of service
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Red Hat BPM Suite 6 tika-core Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 tika-core Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 tika-core Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 tika-core Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 tika-coreaffected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
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Red Hat Fuse 7 tika-corenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
6.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| GitHub | 3.0 | 6.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| maven | org.apache.tika:tika-parsers | >=1.8, <1.20 |
1.20 |
Affected products
- Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
References
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securityfocus.com
/bid/106293
vdb-entry, web, third-party-advisory
- lists.apache.org /thread.html/7c021a4ea2037e52e74628e17e8e0e2acab1f447160edc8be0eae6d3%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
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oracle.com
/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
web
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
mailing-list
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oracle.com
/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17197
advisory
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g
advisory
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/7c021a4ea2037e52e74628e17e8e0e2acab1f447160edc8be0eae6d3@%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
web
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lists.apache.org
/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
web
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-17197
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-3448-vfvv-xp9g
- NVD CVE-2018-17197
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