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CVE-2017-12626: Denial of Service in Apache POI

January 14, 2021 (updated June 9, 2026)

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)

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b@%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
  • lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12626
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html
  • www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
  • www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 3.17.0

Fixed versions

  • 3.17.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 3.17.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Source file

maven/org.apache.poi/poi/CVE-2017-12626.yml

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