CVE-2017-12626

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12626
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-01-29 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:38:00 UTC
DescriptionApache 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).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-835

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Poi All All All All
Application Apache Poi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2019 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 N/A www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2021 MISC www.oracle.com
Apache POI CVE-2017-12626 Multiple Denial of Service Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 20297 Oracle Database 18c Critical OJVM Patch Update - October 2020
  • 20313 Oracle Database 12.2.0.1 Critical OJVM Patch Update - October 2020
  • 982267 Java (maven) Security Update for org.apache.poi:poi (GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m)
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