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Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

CVE-2021-28657

Medium
5.5/10

Summary

A carefully crafted or corrupt file may trigger an infinite loop in Tika's MP3Parser before Tika 1.26 and in Tika 2.0.0-ALPHA. Apache Tika users should upgrade to 1.26 or later.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-835 - Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition

Loops with multiple exits and flags detract from the quality of an application. They tend to make control structures difficult to understand, and introduce the risk of non-termination and other structural problems. The vulnerability “loop with unreachable exit condition” enables attackers to exploit this flaw, leading to denial of service.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published