CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-28657

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Published: Mar 31, 2021 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
5.5 LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger an infinite loop in Tikas MP3Parser up to and including Tika 1.25. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.26 or later.

Weakness

The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
TikaApache*1.25 (including)
TikaUbuntubionic*
TikaUbuntufocal*
TikaUbuntugroovy*
TikaUbuntuhirsute*
TikaUbuntuimpish*
TikaUbuntukinetic*
TikaUbuntulunar*
TikaUbuntumantic*
TikaUbuntuoracular*
TikaUbuntuplucky*
TikaUbuntutrusty*
TikaUbuntuxenial*

References