CVE-2016-6809

critical
Published 2017-04-06 · Modified 2024-04-12
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6809

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txt

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbullseyefixed1.18-1
debian debiansidfixed1.18-1

Package impact

EcosystemPackageVulnerableFixed
java Mavenorg.apache.tika:tika-core<1.141.14

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
apache apachenutch2.3.1
apache apachetika{"endIncluding":"1.13"}

References

CWEs

CWE-502

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.