CVE-2017-5644

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 29% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Published: March 24, 2017 (3338 days ago)
Last Modified: May 13, 2026
Vendor: Apache
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.

CWE

CWE-776

Affected Products

apache poi

References

🔗 poi.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 www.oracle.com 🔗 poi.apache.org 🔗 www.securityfocus.com