VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-12626
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability9.87%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-01-29
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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).
Weakness classification
- CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')
Primary references
- security@apache.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security@apache.org — Third Party Advisory
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- security@apache.org
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry