Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-2955 Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-78vv-qj73-h9m5 Improper Restriction of Recursive Entity References in DTDs in Apache POI
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.0066}

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{'score': 0.00895}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T15:11:47.262Z

Reserved: 2017-01-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-5644

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-03-24T14:59:00.273

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-5644

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