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CVE-2012-0213

The UnhandledDataStructure function in hwpf/model/UnhandledDataStructure.java in Apache POI 3.8 and earlier allows remot

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.13063
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  • EPSS ≥ 0.10 - elevated exploitation probability
  • EPSS percentile: top 6% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

2
apache poi<= 3.8
apache poiall versions
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Affected Packages

2
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.apache.poi:poi MODERATE fixed in 3.10-beta1
Maven org.apache.poi:poi-scratchpad MODERATE fixed in 3.10-beta1
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · security@debian.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD07 Aug 2012 · 09:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

1
rhsaRHSA-2012:1232Important
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References & Sources

10
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/084609.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/49040Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50549
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2468
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