apache/poi · Security
Denial of Service in Apache POI
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-jqx5-h2hw-5q4f
- CVE ID
- CVE-2012-0213
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
Description
The UnhandledDataStructure function in hwpf/model/UnhandledDataStructure.java in Apache POI 3.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OutOfMemoryError exception and possibly JVM destabilization) via a crafted length value in a Channel Definition Format (CDF) or Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) document.
CWEs
- CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0213 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799078 ↗
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0044 ↗
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/084609.html ↗
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2468 ↗
- https://github.com/apache/poi/commit/25bc679244188d63de690354db0e3f301291e252 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jqx5-h2hw-5q4f ↗