CVE-2017-5644 (GCVE-0-2017-5644)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-03-24 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 15:11
Severity ?
Summary
Apache 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.
References
security@apache.orghttp://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15Vendor Advisory
security@apache.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983
security@apache.orghttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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Apache Software Foundation Apache POI Version: before 3.15
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