CVE-2016-2175
libpdfbox-java - security update
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 5.9%
Description
Apache 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.
How to fix CVE-2016-2175
To remediate CVE-2016-2175, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libpdfbox-java—upgrade to 1:1.8.12-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.7.0+dfsg-4+deb7u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.8.12 or later
Is CVE-2016-2175 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 5.9%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (4)
- from 0, < 1:1.8.12-1
- from 0, < 1:1.7.0+dfsg-4+deb7u1
- from 0, < 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1
- from 0, < 1.8.12
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |