CVE-2012-0213

Summary

CVECVE-2012-0213
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-07 21:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

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

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 All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2468-1 libjakarta-poi-java af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Security Advisory SA50549 - Red Hat update for JBoss Enterprise Portal Platform - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in Apache POI affects IBM InfoSphere Information Server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www-01.ibm.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0044 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: apache-poi-3.8-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA49040 - Debian update for libjakarta-poi-java - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Apache POI CVE-2012-0213 Denial Of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:094 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
799078 – (CVE-2012-0213) CVE-2012-0213 apache-poi, jakarta: JVM destabilization due to memory exhaustion when processing CDF/CFBF files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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