CVE-2017-12626

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    CVE-2017-12626

    Published: 29 Jan 2018Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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).

    References: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html, https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322, https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ab700dc2ae3a880f66a10075cbf1a502da928afb

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High