CVE-2012-0213

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0213
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-07 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-02-11 02:59:00 UTC
DescriptionThe UnhandledDataStructure function in hwpf/model/UnhandledDataStructure.java in Apache POI 3.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OutOfMemoryError exception and possibly JVM destabilization) via a crafted length value in a Channel Definition Format (CDF) or Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) document.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Poi 0.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.10.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.11.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.12.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.13.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.14.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.3 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.4 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.6 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.7 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.10 dev All All
Application Apache Poi 1.2.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.7 dev All All
Application Apache Poi 1.8 dev All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 pre1 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 pre2 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 pre3 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 2.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 alpha3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.2 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.2 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.1 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.1 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta4 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta5 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta6 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.6 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 beta3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta4 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta5 All All
Application Apache Poi 0.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.10.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.11.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.12.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.13.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.14.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.3 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.4 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.6 All All All
Application Apache Poi 0.7 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.0.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.1.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.10 dev All All
Application Apache Poi 1.2.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 1.7 dev All All
Application Apache Poi 1.8 dev All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 pre1 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 pre2 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 pre3 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Apache Poi 2.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 2.5.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 alpha1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 alpha2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0 alpha3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.2 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.0.2 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.1 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.1 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.1 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.2 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta4 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta5 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.5 beta6 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.6 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 All All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.7 beta3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta1 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta2 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta3 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta4 All All
Application Apache Poi 3.8 beta5 All All
Application Apache Poi All All All All

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799078 – (CVE-2012-0213) CVE-2012-0213 apache-poi, jakarta: JVM destabilization due to memory exhaustion when processing CDF/CFBF files MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: apache-poi-3.8-2.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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