VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-5644
CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability4.59%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-03-24
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
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.
Weakness classification
- CWE-776: Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')