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01 Record

CVE-2017-5644

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.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: apache
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 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.

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
4.59% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 91.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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.

04 Metadata

Published
2017-03-24 14:00Z9 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-05 15:11Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2017-01-29
Assigning CNA
apache
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-776Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs ('XML Entity Expansion')Base
Data version
5.1
Document digest
3e68bb2d956f3611db3abf40f696b6c5563a91afdfabe1e84583874d546e32a7

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
Apache Software FoundationApache POIbefore 3.15—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • libapache-poi-java
    Fixed in 3.17-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • libapache-poi-java
    Fixed in 3.17-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • libapache-poi-java
    Fixed in 3.17-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • libapache-poi-java
    No fix yet

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

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