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CVE-2016-6809

tika: Native deserialization of Java objects in matlab files

Published Modified CWE 502
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium).

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.tika:tika-core1.14
debian 11tika1.18-1
Red Hatrh-eclipse46-tika, rh-eclipse46-tika-java7, rh-eclipse46-tika-javadoc and 2 moreno fix listed
Show all 7 entries from 3 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.apache.tika:tika-core1.14
debian 11tika1.18-1
Red Hatrh-eclipse46-tikano fix listed
Red Hatrh-eclipse46-tika-java7no fix listed
Red Hatrh-eclipse46-tika-javadocno fix listed
Red Hatrh-eclipse46-tika-parsersno fix listed
Red Hatrh-eclipse46-tika-serializationno fix listed

References

All 14 references

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