CRITICAL
tika: Native deserialization of Java objects in matlab files
Published Apr 6, 2017
9.8
CRITICALCVSS 3.1
EPSS 8.03%
Description
Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files. The issue exists because Tika invokes JMatIO to do native deserialization.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
9.8 CRITICAL NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.8 HIGH Red Hat
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
8.03% 0.08025
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.08025
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 (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 8.03% (0.08025) | 94.61th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 8.09% (0.08090) | 94.07th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 8, 2025 | 7.05% (0.07049) | 91.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 9.27% (0.09274) | 91.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 21.33% (0.21331) | 92.97th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 9.27% (0.09274) | 92.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 2.30% (0.02299) | 89.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 4.02% (0.04017) | 91.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 17, 2023 | 2.96% (0.02958) | 89.29th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.13% (0.02132) | 87.45th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.74% (0.04737) | 89.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.74% (0.04737) | 88.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.74% (0.04737) | 74.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (19)
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40 x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94247 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-6809 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1394156 Issue Tracking
- https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txt x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439 Advisory
- https://github.com/apache/tika/commit/8a68b5d474205cc91cbbb610d4a1c05af57f0610
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a@%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9@%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78@%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f@%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6809
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-6809
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 6, 2017
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Aug 12, 2016
Link CVE-2016-6809
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-J8G6-2WH7-6439 Updated n/a