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tika — security advisory
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.
- Products
- tika
- Affected versions
- 1.22-1, 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm3, 1.22-2, 1.22-2+deb11u1build0.22.04.1, 1.22-2+deb11u1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 1.22-2+deb11u1ubuntu0.1~esm2, 1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1, 1.5-2, 1.5-3, 1.5-4, 1.5-4ubuntu0.1, 1.5-5
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2021-28657
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 00:52 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
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Complete source record
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