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CVE-2017-12626 Details

Description

Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1) Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294), and 2) Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and 61295).

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA: CISA-ADPCVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E CVE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E CVE
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html CVE
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html CVE

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')[email protected]
CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')CISA-ADP

Affected Products

ProductVersions
apache poi
< 3.17

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

19 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-12626
NVD Published Date:
Jan 29, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2017-12626 Details - Not Deferred