CVE-2020-1950
published 2020-03-23CVE-2020-1950: A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
PriorityP423medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRNUIRSUCNINAH
EPSS
2.93%
85.5th percentile
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
Affected
16 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | apache_tika | — | — |
| apache | tika | — | — |
| apache | tika | >= 0 < 1.22-2 | 1.22-2 |
| apache | tika | >= 0 < 1.5-4ubuntu0.1 | 1.5-4ubuntu0.1 |
| apache | tika | >= 0 < 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 |
| apache | tika | >= 0 < 1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1 | 1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1 |
| apache | tika | 1.0 – 1.23 | — |
| canonical | ubuntu_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | tika | < tika 1.22-2 (bullseye) | tika 1.22-2 (bullseye) |
| oracle | business_process_management_suite | — | — |
| oracle | business_process_management_suite | — | — |
| oracle | communications_messaging_server | — | — |
| oracle | communications_messaging_server | — | — |
| oracle | flexcube_private_banking | — | — |
| oracle | flexcube_private_banking | — | — |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_apache5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
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OSV
tika vulnerabilities
osv·2025-05-23·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] tika vulnerabilities
tika vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by
using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951)
It was discovered that Apache Tika incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2022-30126, CVE-2022-30973, CVE-2022-33879)
OSV
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tika
osv·2021-05-07
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tika
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tika
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
GHSA
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tika
ghsa·2021-05-07
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tika
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Apache Tika
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
OSV
tika vulnerabilities
osv·2020-10-05·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] tika vulnerabilities
tika vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by
using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could use it to cause a
denial of service (crash). (CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951)
OSV
CVE-2020-1950: A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1
osv·2020-03-23·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1950: A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
Ubuntu
Apache Tika vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2025-05-23·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2022-30126 [MEDIUM] Apache Tika vulnerabilities
Title: Apache Tika vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Apache Tika.
It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by
using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951)
It was discovered that Apache Tika incorrectly handled certain regular
expressions. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial
of service. (CVE-2022-30126, CVE-2022-30973, CVE-2022-33879)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Ubuntu
Apache Tika vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-10-05·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1951 [MEDIUM] Apache Tika vulnerabilities
Title: Apache Tika vulnerabilities
Summary: Apache Tika could be made to crash if it opened a specially crafted
file.
It was discovered that Apache Tika can have an excessive memory usage by
using a crafted or corrupt PSD file. An attacker could use it to cause a
denial of service (crash). (CVE-2020-1950, CVE-2020-1951)
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser
vendor_redhat·2020-03-18·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] CWE-400 tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser
tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
A flaw was found in Apache Tika’s PSDParser, where a carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.
Package: tika-core (Red Hat BPM Suite 6) - Out of support scope
Package: tika-parsers (Red Hat BPM Suite 6) - Out of support scope
Package: tika-core (Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5) - Out of support scope
Package: tika-parsers (Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5) - Out of support scope
Package: tika-core (Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6) - Out of support scope
Package: tika-parsers (Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6) - Out of support scope
Package: tika-core (Red Hat JBoss D
Debian
CVE-2020-1950: tika - A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apac...
vendor_debian·2020·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1950: tika - A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apac...
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
Scope: local
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.22-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.22-2)
Apache
Apache tika: CVE-2020-1950
vendor_apache·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] Apache tika: CVE-2020-1950
Apache tika: CVE-2020-1950
Excessive memory usage (DoS) vulnerability in Apache Tika's PSDParser Pierre Ernst 1.0-1.23
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-1950 tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser
bugzilla·2020-04-09·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1950 tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser
CVE-2020-1950 tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser
A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.
Reference:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r463b1a67817ae55fe022536edd6db34e8f9636971188430cbcf8a8dd%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3E
Discussion:
Created tika tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1822760]
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This issue has been addressed in the following products:
Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0
Via RHSA-2020:5568 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:5568
---
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-1950
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-1950 tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2020-04-09·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2020-1950 [MEDIUM] CVE-2020-1950 tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser [fedora-all]
CVE-2020-1950 tika: excessive memory usage in PSDParser [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this issue affects multiple supported versions of Fedor
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r463b1a67817ae55fe022536edd6db34e8f9636971188430cbcf8a8dd%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00035.htmlhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4564-1/https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.htmlhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r463b1a67817ae55fe022536edd6db34e8f9636971188430cbcf8a8dd%40%3Cdev.tika.apache.org%3Ehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00035.htmlhttps://usn.ubuntu.com/4564-1/https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.htmlhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
2020-03-23
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