Apache POI XML Entity Expansion (XEE) Denial of Service Vulnerability

CVE-2017-5644 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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.

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