CVE-2016-2175
N/A
Published: June 1, 2016 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxPdfbox
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (12)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3EVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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