Medium
Security advisory
In Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18, a carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in the IptcAnpaParser.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2018-8017
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
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- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:48 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Apache Tika 1.2 to 1.18, a carefully crafted file can trigger an infinite loop in the IptcAnpaParser.
osv:CVE-2018-8017
Complete source record
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