Denial of Service in Apache POI
Moderate severity
GitHub Reviewed
Published
May 4, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
•
Updated Mar 5, 2024
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Aug 7, 2012
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 4, 2022
Reviewed
Jul 13, 2022
Last updated
Mar 5, 2024
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.
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