Is CVE-2017-12626 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-12626 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-12626?

CVE-2017-12626 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-12626?

CVE-2017-12626 has an EPSS score of 10.06% (95th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-12626?

Upgrade libapache-poi-java on debian 11 to 3.17-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-12626

HIGHEPSS 95th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

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).

CWE-835

How to fix

Remediation Available

libapache-poi-javaDebian

Fixed in:3.17-1CVE-2017-12626

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

10.06%probability of exploitation in 30 days

95thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 95% of all known CVEs.

References

Third-Party Advisory2

Other references9

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