CVE-2019-10088

A carefully crafted or corrupt zip file can cause an OOM in Apache Tika's RecursiveParserWrapper in versions 1.7-1.21. Users should upgrade to 1.22 or later.

Published: 2019-08-02 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-10088 is rated Moderate Risk (61.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.01%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-10088

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-13 1.24% 1.01% -0.23%
2 2026-01-29 1.36% 1.24% -0.12%
3 2025-11-21 — 1.36% —

Full EPSS history (18 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-10088

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 5.9 [email protected]
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-10088

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-10088

GHSA-mfwh-gqx8-c787 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: maven — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Apache Tika

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-10088

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-10088 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (tika), 2 status rows across 2 suites (bullseye, sid): resolved 2. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10088
suse low CVE-2019-10088 severity low: SUSE including 342 source package names (amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20210304-hvm-ssd-x86_64, amazon/suse-sles-15-sp1-chost-byos-v20220127-hvm-ssd-x86_64, …), 342 product×package rows across 3 product lines (SUSE Manager Server 3.2, SUSE Manager Server Module 4.0, chost): Known Affected 231, Fixed 111. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10088/
ubuntu low CVE-2019-10088 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (tika), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 2, released 2, DNE 1, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10088

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-10088

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache tika >= 1.7, <= 1.21 cpe:2.3:a:apache:tika:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-10088

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