Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:3742Denial Of Service (DoS) Via XML External Expansion (XEE)
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
poi-ooxml is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS) attacks. The vulnerability exists via an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack when parsing a malicious OOXML file.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache poi - api based on opc and ooxml schemas | le | 3.14 | |
| apache poi - common | le | 3.14 |
References
poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15
seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q1/654
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983
github.com/apache/poi/commit/3a328aa220f6979f9805f658ae33244d153beaa7
www-us.apache.org/dist/poi/dev/RELEASE-NOTES.txt
www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Related
5.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
7.1 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C