CVE-2016-4434
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 29, 2017
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- May 2, 2016
Description
Apache Tika before 1.13 does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers, which might allow remote attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via vectors involving (1) spreadsheets in OOXML files and (2) XMP metadata in PDF and other file formats, a related issue to CVE-2016-2175.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- 20160526 [CVE-2016-4434] Apache Tika XML External Entity vulnerabilitymailing-list
- [tika-dev] 20160526 [CVE-2016-4434] Apache Tika XML External Entity vulnerabilitymailing-list
- RHSA-2017:0272vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0248vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2017:0249vendor-advisory
- [lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Reportmailing-list
Every record here comes from the CVE Program’s CVE List. © 1999–2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. The records are reproduced under the CVE Program terms of use.