Medium severity · published May 16, 2022
CVE-2022-25169
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
5.5
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PU
Primavera Unifier · Oracle
17.7 through 17.12; 18.8; 19.12; 20.12; 21.12 · source: NVD
TI
Tika · Apache
before 1.28.2; 2.0.0 before 2.4.0 · source: NVD
Affected product
TI
Tika
Apache
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