CVE-2022-30973

Name: CVE-2022-30973
Creator: NVD / NIST
Published: 2022-05-31T14:15:07.897+00:00
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 1.86%

Last modified Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-30973 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. We failed to apply the fix for CVE-2022-30126 to the 1.x branch in the 1.28.2 release. In Apache Tika, a regular expression in the StandardsText class, used by the StandardsExtractingContentHandler could lead to a denial of service caused by backtracking on a specially crafted file. EPSS estimates a 1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

We failed to apply the fix for CVE-2022-30126 to the 1.x branch in the 1.28.2 release. In Apache Tika, a regular expression in the StandardsText class, used by the StandardsExtractingContentHandler could lead to a denial of service caused by backtracking on a specially crafted file. This only affects users who are running the StandardsExtractingContentHandler, which is a non-standard handler. This is fixed in 1.28.3.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1

5.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Probability

1.86%

76.5th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Affected Software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache	Tika	< 1.28.3

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/31/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/27/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gqvb5t4p7tmdpl0y5bdbf72pgxj04h7pMailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220722-0004/Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/05/31/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2022/06/27/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/gqvb5t4p7tmdpl0y5bdbf72pgxj04h7pMailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220722-0004/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: May 31, 2022
Last Modified: Jun 17, 2026
Status: Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-30973?

How severe is CVE-2022-30973?

CVE-2022-30973 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 1.86% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-30973?

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Source: NVD / NIST