CVE-2017-12626

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 29, 2018 Modified: May 28, 2026
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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).

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
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

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879
Source: security@apache.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
Source: security@apache.org
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
Source: security@apache.org
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
Source: security@apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: security@apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: security@apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Source: security@apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Source: security@apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: security@apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: security@apache.org
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: security@apache.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

22 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.1%
79th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-835 CWE-835

Affected Vendors

apache

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