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CVE-2017-12626

Published: Jan 29, 2018Updated: May 28, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-835
NVD MITRE
7.5CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
10.2%
Top 4.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

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).

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-835

Affected Products

Apache POIApache Software Foundation
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
poiapache
Mixed
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
org.apache.poi:poiMavenOSS Libraries
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleToolsOracle Corp.
On-prem
Databases
Oracle Endeca Information Discovery IntegratorOracle Corp.
On-prem
Databases / relational
apache software foundationoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache foundation
apacheoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka apache http server, apache httpd
mavenpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
oracle corp.commercialUSDatabasesaka oracle
and 15 more affected products View all →

Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
access.redhat.com
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879
securityfocus.com
and 16 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Jan 29, 2018
Last Updated
May 28, 2026

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