{"cve":"CVE-2017-12626","nvd":{"published":"2018-01-29T17:29:00.410","modified":"2026-06-17T01:03:39.533","status":"Modified","description":"Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.17 are vulnerable to Denial of Service Attacks: 1) Infinite Loops while parsing crafted WMF, EMF, MSG and macros (POI bugs 61338 and 61294), and 2) Out of Memory Exceptions while parsing crafted DOC, PPT and XLS (POI bugs 52372 and 61295).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-835"],"references":["http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879","https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E","https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E","https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html"],"products":["apache:poi"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:48:34.567387330+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-12626","score":0.10142,"percentile":0.95652,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m","summary":"Denial of Service in Apache POI","modified":"2026-06-09T10:30:14.243427058Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.apache.poi:poi","purl":"pkg:maven/org.apache.poi/poi","ranges":["<3.17"],"fixed":["3.17"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}