{"id":"CVE-2017-12626","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-12626","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:06:06.148Z","title":"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…","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).","published":"2018-01-29T17:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:03:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-835"],"affected":["apache/poi"],"epss":{"score":0.10142,"percentile":0.95626,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.1%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[{"kind":"epss","label":"EPSS jump","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","detail":{"to":0.10142,"from":0.09874,"percentile":0.95656},"summary":"EPSS moved from 9.9% to 10.1% probability of exploitation in the next thirty days."}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102879","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12626","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."}