Security advisory

{
  "id": "73bb1a86a73b4ac25774741b1f8ec200b6874510d18daebd9a8f3cba3f8bad8a",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12626",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-12626",
    "summary": "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).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-12626",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-12626",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-12626",
        "GHSA-523c-xh4g-mh5m"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/apache/poi",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "ab700dc2ae3a880f66a10075cbf1a502da928afb"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.17"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-12626.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:17.753945939Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E",
        "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html",
        "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322",
        "https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-12626",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 429635,
  "published_at": "2018-01-29T17:29:00.41+00:00"
}