CVE-2016-6809

critical Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
7.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 8% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: April 6, 2017 (3325 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

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.

CWE

CWE-502

Affected Products

apache nutchapache tika

References

🔗 seclists.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 dist.apache.org 🔗 lists.apache.org 🔗 lists.apache.org