CVE-2017-12626

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).

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b@%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

Information

Published : 2018-01-29 09:29

Updated : 2021-06-14 11:15

NVD link : CVE-2017-12626

Mitre link : CVE-2017-12626

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-835

Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

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Products Affected

apache

poi

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