CVE-2016-6809
Apache Tika before 1.14 allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 8.03% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Affected
- apache/nutch · apache/tika
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 8.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94247Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94247Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txtRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/e414754a6c57ce7194b731e211cd6b2cbb41f2c7000e3fb9c6b6ec78%40%3Cdev.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f6f6c130b12b7332f323f74d031072b1517065ce28a22346791ffb6%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfd3646bb724b66b1a9ddef69e692da2b7a727a8799551c78eedf0a0f%40%3Cissues.lucene.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.