Description
Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.
Published: 2016-06-01
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: 3.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-505-1 libpdfbox-java security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3606-1 libpdfbox security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0498 Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98 High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox
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Apache Pdfbox
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Jboss Amq Jboss Bpms Jboss Data Virtualization Jboss Enterprise Brms Platform Jboss Fuse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:17:50.579Z

Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-2175

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-01T20:59:01.747

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-2175

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-05-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2175 - Bugzilla

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