CVE-2017-5644

N/A

Published: March 24, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:20 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorPoi

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 5%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Poi · Apachemaven

95%

v ≤ 3.14

Affected range stops below 3.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

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

References (3)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_BID

Source: [email protected]

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

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

7.1HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: NONE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-776

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