CVE-2017-12626
Denial of Service in Apache POI
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.1%
Description
Apache 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).
How to fix CVE-2017-12626
To remediate CVE-2017-12626, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 3.17-1 or later
- —upgrade to 3.17 or later
Is CVE-2017-12626 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 3.17-1
- from 0, < 3.17
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |