Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting tika package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.92% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-TIKA-9897687
  • published29 Apr 2025
  • disclosed25 Apr 2018

Introduced: 25 Apr 2018

CVE-2018-1338  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 tika.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream tika package and not the tika package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

A carefully crafted (or fuzzed) file can trigger an infinite loop in Apache Tika's BPGParser in versions of Apache Tika before 1.18.