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CVE-2021-28657: Infinite loop in Apache Tika's MP3 parser

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-835

Description

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.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache Tika: through 1.25
• Oracle Communications Messaging Server: 8.1
• Oracle Healthcare Foundation: 7.3.0, 8.0.0, 8.1.0
• Oracle Corporation Primavera Unifier: from 17.7 through 17.12; 18.8, 19.12, 20.12
• Oracle Corporation Oracle WebCenter Portal: 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0

References

• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r915add4aa52c60d1b5cf085039cfa73a98d7fae9673374dfd7744b5a%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0004/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4cbc3f6981cd0a1a482531df9d44e4c42a7f63342a7ba78b7bff8a1b%40%3Cnotifications.james.apache.org%3E
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r915add4aa52c60d1b5cf085039cfa73a98d7fae9673374dfd7744b5a%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210507-0004/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html

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