GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/01/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m
Aliases
Published
2021-01-14T19:18:22Z
Modified
2026-06-09T10:30:14Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
Denial of Service in Apache POI
Details

Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks:

  • Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294)
  • Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and 61295)
Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2020-11-06T18:56:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  "2018-01-29T17:29:00Z",
    "severity":  "HIGH"
}
References

Affected packages

Maven / org.apache.poi:poi

Package

Name
org.apache.poi:poi
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.apache.poi/poi

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.17

Affected versions

3.*
3.0-FINAL
3.0.1-FINAL
3.0.2-beta1
3.0.2-beta2
3.0.2-FINAL
3.1-beta1
3.1-beta2
3.1-FINAL
3.2-FINAL
3.5-beta1
3.5-beta3
3.5-beta4
3.5-beta5
3.5-beta6
3.5-FINAL
3.6
3.7-beta1
3.7-beta2
3.7-beta3
3.7
3.8-beta1
3.8-beta2
3.8-beta3
3.8-beta4
3.8-beta5
3.8
3.9
3.10-beta1
3.10-beta2
3.10-FINAL
3.10.1
3.11-beta1
3.11-beta2
3.11-beta3
3.11
3.12-beta1
3.12
3.13-beta1
3.13
3.14-beta1
3.14
3.15-beta1
3.15-beta2
3.15
3.16-beta1
3.16-beta2
3.16
3.17-beta1

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/01/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m.json"