{"cve":"CVE-2016-6809","nvd":{"published":"2017-04-06T21:59:00.213","modified":"2026-06-17T00:51:48.667","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":["CWE-502"],"references":["http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Nov/40","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94247","https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/tika/CHANGES-1.14.txt","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/91eb639ef619b9a26b40020ca6732e7dbe457f7322ed5f1df49e411a%40%3Cdev.nutch.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d2375da29d89e679abf5d845db76d6f798fdc6f7d44f2c788e8a0fb9%40%3Cuser.nutch.apache.org%3E"],"products":["apache:nutch","apache:tika"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:42:09.859288039+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2016-6809","score":0.08025,"percentile":0.94774,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-j8g6-2wh7-6439","summary":"Apache Tika allows Java code execution for serialized objects embedded in MATLAB files","modified":"2024-04-12T21:46:00.628890Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.tika:tika-core","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.tika/tika-core","ranges":["<1.14"],"fixed":["1.14"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}