CVE-2017-5644

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-5644
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-03-24 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-20 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionApache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-776

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Poi All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Apache POI CVE-2017-5644 Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
Apache POI - the Java API for Microsoft Documents CONFIRM poi.apache.org Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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