CVE-2017-12626

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-01-26
CWE:
(CWE-835|CWE-20)
Bugzilla:
1539989: CVE-2017-12626 poi: Parsing of multiple file types can cause a denial of service via infinite loop or out of memory exception

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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).

Find out more about CVE-2017-12626 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 5.3
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low

Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 RHSA-2018:1322 2018-05-03
Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 RHSA-2018:1322 2018-05-03

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss Portal Platform 6 poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 poi Will not fix
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 poi Affected
Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 poi Not affected
Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6 poi Affected

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