CVE-2016-2175

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

4.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 91.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-06-01 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ef5ed0e2a9f15f9bbc36357a095aa4d795e45939184aeaa26d7232f88d95dead

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0179http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• mail-archives.us.apache.org[www-announce] 20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerabilityhttp://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.debian.orgDSA-3606http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.securityfocus.com20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com90902http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• svn.apache.orghttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565x_refsource_CONFIRM
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0272http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0248http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0249http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• lists.apache.org[tika-commits] 20190802 svn commit: r1864259 [1/17] - in /tika/site: publish/ publish/1.10/ publish/1.11/ publish/1.12/ publish/1.13/ publish/1.14/ publish/1.15/ publish/1.16/ publish/1.17/ publish/1.18/ publish/1.19.1/ publish/1.19/ publish/1.20/ publish/1.21/ publish/1.22/ ...https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3Emailing-listx_refsource_MLIST