CVE-2017-5644

5.5MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Poi
Vendor
CVE Published:
24 March 2017

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.

Affected Version(s)

Apache POI before 3.15

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Po...
x_refsource_CONFIRM

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.5
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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