UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18197

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-18197

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18197.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18197

Upstream

CVE-2017-18197

Published

2018-02-24T02:29:00Z

Modified

2025-10-24T04:46:39Z

Severity

9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - medium

Summary

[none]

Details

In mxGraphViewImageReader.java in mxGraph before 3.7.6, the SAXParserFactory instance in convert() is missing flags to prevent XML External Entity (XXE) attacks, as demonstrated by /ServerView.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libjgraphx-java

Package

Name: libjgraphx-java
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libjgraphx-java@2.1.0.7-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.1.0.7-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libjgraphx-java",
            "binary_version": "2.1.0.7-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-18197.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / libjgraphx-java