tika: XML External Entity vulnerability
Published Sep 29, 2017
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 3.59%
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.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0249
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0248
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.3
tika-core
Fixed · RHSA-2017:0272
Red Hat BPM Suite 6
tika-core
Affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5
tika-core
Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
tika-core
Affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
tika
Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Portal 6
tika-core
Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 5
tika
Under investigation
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.4 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0249 |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.4 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0248 |
| Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6.3 | tika-core | Fixed | RHSA-2017:0272 |
| Red Hat BPM Suite 6 | tika-core | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 | tika-core | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 | tika-core | Affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 | tika | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat JBoss Portal 6 | tika-core | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Satellite 5 | tika | Under investigation | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1 other source (Red Hat) ▾
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03590) | 89.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 22, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03590) | 88.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06671) | 93.67th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 6, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03590) | 88.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Sep 5, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06671) | 93.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 30, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03590) | 88.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06671) | 93.49th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 24, 2026 | 3.59% (0.03590) | 88.52th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Aug 23, 2026 | 6.67% (0.06671) | 93.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.45% (0.03449) | 87.43th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.41% (0.00415) | 59.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 71.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 14, 2024 | 0.33% (0.00332) | 70.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.28% (0.00283) | 67.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 15, 2023 | 0.28% (0.00283) | 65.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 9, 2023 | 0.24% (0.00236) | 61.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 9, 2023 | 0.20% (0.00200) | 57.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.17% (0.00166) | 51.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 79.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 77.99th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.07% (0.02072) | 56.68th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (12)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538500/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4434 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340386 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4xr4-4c65-hj7f Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tika-dev/201605.mbox/%3C1705136517.1175366.1464278135251.JavaMail.yahoo%40mail.yahoo.com%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListVendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4434
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4434
Change history (0)
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