{"id":"CVE-2017-5644","details":"Apache POI in versions prior to release 3.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a specially crafted OOXML file, aka an XML Entity Expansion (XEE) attack.","aliases":["GHSA-78vv-qj73-h9m5"],"modified":"2026-07-08T12:27:58.670075Z","published":"2017-03-24T14:59:00.273Z","references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96983"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://poi.apache.org/#20+March+2017+-+CVE-2017-5644+-+Possible+DOS+%28Denial+of+Service%29+in+Apache+POI+versions+prior+to+3.15"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/apache/poi","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"bbe3bb2ce95ffda4c89cba558f76d17f75c8bc84"}],"database_specific":{"cpe":"cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","extracted_events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"3.14"}],"source":"CPE_RANGE"}}],"versions":["REL_3_14_FINAL"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-5644.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}