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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2022-25169 json

Apache Tika BPGParser Memory Usage DoS

published 2022-05-16 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-7qcq-xp2f-56f6 , EUVD-2022-3047

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.2%
EPSS 2.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 82%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The BPG parser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.28.2 and 2.4.0 may allocate an unreasonable amount of memory on carefully crafted files.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.tika:tika 1.28.2, 2.4.0
  • apache tika 1.28.2, 2.4.0

Exploit prediction

2.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/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
<1.28.2
>=2.0.0, <2.4.0
1.28.2
2.4.0

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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