ghsa-523c-xh4g-mh5m
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Published
2021-01-14 19:18
Modified
2022-11-17 20:57
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
Denial of Service in Apache POI
Details

Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: - Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294) - Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and 61295)

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{
   affected: [
      {
         package: {
            ecosystem: "Maven",
            name: "org.apache.poi:poi",
         },
         ranges: [
            {
               events: [
                  {
                     introduced: "0",
                  },
                  {
                     fixed: "3.17",
                  },
               ],
               type: "ECOSYSTEM",
            },
         ],
      },
   ],
   aliases: [
      "CVE-2017-12626",
   ],
   database_specific: {
      cwe_ids: [
         "CWE-835",
      ],
      github_reviewed: true,
      github_reviewed_at: "2020-11-06T18:56:32Z",
      nvd_published_at: "2018-01-29T17:29:00Z",
      severity: "HIGH",
   },
   details: "Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks:\n  - Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294)\n  - Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and 61295)",
   id: "GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m",
   modified: "2022-11-17T20:57:31Z",
   published: "2021-01-14T19:18:22Z",
   references: [
      {
         type: "ADVISORY",
         url: "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12626",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322",
      },
      {
         type: "PACKAGE",
         url: "https://github.com/apache/poi",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b@%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html",
      },
      {
         type: "WEB",
         url: "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879",
      },
   ],
   schema_version: "1.4.0",
   severity: [
      {
         score: "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
         type: "CVSS_V3",
      },
   ],
   summary: "Denial of Service in Apache POI",
}


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