{"id":"CVE-2016-2175","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2175","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:46:02.967Z","title":"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.","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":"2016-06-01T20:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apache/pdfbox","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.0384,"percentile":0.90044,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.06923,"percentile":0.93879},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.0384,"percentile":0.89654}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2175","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}