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CVE-2020-1950

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  • Published2020-03-23
  • Fixed in1.24
  • WeaknessCWE-400

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Description

A carefully crafted or corrupt PSD file can cause excessive memory usage in Apache Tika's PSDParser in versions 1.0-1.23.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-03-2314:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
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Versions per branch

OSV · NVD
tika
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.x≥ 1.0, < 1.241.24
Oracle business process management suite
BranchAffectedFixed in
12.2= 12.2.1.3.0no fix published
12.2= 12.2.1.4.0no fix published
Oracle communications messaging server
BranchAffectedFixed in
8.0= 8.0.2no fix published
8.1= 8.1no fix published

4 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • tikaUbuntu:Pro:22.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.22-2ubuntu0.22.04.1~esm1
  • tikaUbuntu:Pro:20.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.22-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
  • tikaUbuntu:18.04:LTSall versions · no fixed version listed
  • tikaUbuntu:16.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1.5-4ubuntu0.1
  • tikaDebian:11all versions · fixed in 1.22-2
  • tikaDebian:8all versions · fixed in 1.5-1+deb8u1

Vendor advisories

  • RHSA-2020:5568 Red Hat Product Security1 product fixed

    Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Fuse 7.8.0 release and security update

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update tika to 1.24
  2. Vendor fix Red Hat Product Security RHSA-2020:5568 · 1 productBefore applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on. Installation instructions are available from the Fuse 7.8.0 product documentation page: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat…

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
none listed
Metasploit Framework

Sources

  • NVDCVSS 3.15.5read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.04.3read 2026-10-23
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-400read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score3.0 %2026-11-03
  • OSVaffected packages—
  • GitHub AdvisoriesadvisoryMODERATE2021-05-05

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
2020-03-23
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-3h29-52vh-pqgr

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-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.

Is CVE-2020-1950 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2020-1950 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 3.0% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-1950?

CVE-2020-1950 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

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