CVE-2016-2175

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2175
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-01 20:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionApache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary7.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.0 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.1 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.10 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.11 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.2 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.3 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.4 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.5 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.6 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.7 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.8 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 1.8.9 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 2.0 All All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 2.0 rc1 All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 2.0 rc2 All All
Application Apache Pdfbox 2.0 rc3 All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[Apache-SVN] Revision 1739565 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
[Apache-SVN] Revision 1739564 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 svn.apache.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Pony Mail! af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apache.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Apache PDFBox CVE-2016-2175 XML External Entity Injection Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 mail-archives.us.apache.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3606-1 libpdfbox-java af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Apache PDFBox 1.8.11 / 2.0.0 / XML Injection ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
Pony Mail! MITRE lists.apache.org
[CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerability MITRE mail-archives.us.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981324 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox (GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98)
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