CVE-2021-28657

Infinite loop in Apache Tika's MP3 parser

Severity Score

5.5

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger an infinite loop in Tika's MP3Parser up to and including Tika 1.25. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.26 or later.

Un archivo cuidadosamente diseñado o corrupto puede desencadenar un bucle infinito en MP3Parser de Tika versiones hasta Tika 1.25 incluyéndola. Los usuarios de Apache Tika deben actualizar a versión 1.26 o posterior.

*Credits: Apache Tika would like to thank Khaled Nassar for reporting this issue.

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2021-03-17 CVE Reserved
2021-03-31 CVE Published
2024-06-01 EPSS Updated
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E	Mailing List
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0004	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	2023-11-07
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	2023-11-07

URL	Date	SRC
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r915add4aa52c60d1b5cf085039cfa73a98d7fae9673374dfd7744b5a%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Apache Search vendor "Apache"		Tika Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tika"				<= 1.25 Search vendor "Apache" for product "Tika" and version " <= 1.25"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Healthcare Foundation Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Healthcare Foundation"				7.3.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Healthcare Foundation" and version "7.3.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Healthcare Foundation Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Healthcare Foundation"				8.0.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Healthcare Foundation" and version "8.0.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Healthcare Foundation Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Healthcare Foundation"				8.1.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Healthcare Foundation" and version "8.1.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Primavera Unifier Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier"				>= 17.7 <= 17.12 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier" and version " >= 17.7 <= 17.12"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Primavera Unifier Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier"				18.8 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier" and version "18.8"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Primavera Unifier Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier"				19.12 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier" and version "19.12"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Primavera Unifier Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier"				20.12 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Primavera Unifier" and version "20.12"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Webcenter Portal Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Webcenter Portal"				12.2.1.3.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Webcenter Portal" and version "12.2.1.3.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Webcenter Portal Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Webcenter Portal"				12.2.1.4.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Webcenter Portal" and version "12.2.1.4.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Communications Messaging Server Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Messaging Server"				8.1 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Communications Messaging Server" and version "8.1"		-		Affected