CVE-2017-5644

Published: Mar 24, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

5.5

Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Apache: Poi

Apache

1 product

Poi

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Apache Poi	Up to 3.14

Related CWEs

CWE-776

Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')

The product uses XML documents and allows their structure to be defined with a Document Type Definition (DTD), but it does not properly control the number of recursive definitions of entities.

References (6)

http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15

Source: security@apache.org

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983

Source: security@apache.org

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Source: security@apache.org

http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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