`CVE-2017-12626` Apache POI

Affected software	Apache POI
Severity	7.5 High CVSS 3.1 3 scores
Fixed in	`3.17`
Weakness	CWE-835
Published	29 Jan 2018
Updated	17 Jun 2026

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).

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 8 years ago.

CISA KEV not listed
VulnCheck KEV not listed
CISA Vulnrichment exploitation: none
Indexed PoC none indexed
EPSS 10% chance in 30 days A model's forecast, not a report of exploitation. Higher than 96% of all scored CVEs.

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

A public code fix exists.

Protection none
Action unverified
Review automated Upstream data
Record active

Decided by	Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all
Finding	This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

Decided by

Exploit code for this candidate, published in a reviewed catalogue or a GitHub repository with 5 or more stars, or in use per CISA or VulnCheck; not only a CISA verdict, a forecast, or nothing at all

Finding

This CVE is not listed in CISA KEV or VulnCheck KEV, CISA Vulnrichment records no active exploitation, no reviewed exploit catalogue carries an entry for it, and no GitHub PoC repository for it has 5 or more stars. Nobody has published exploit code worth tracing, so it is not a candidate for a rule ahead of the ones where somebody has; an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds. This is a statement about what has been published, not about whether the defect is reachable or serious.

CVSS

7.5 HIGH v3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H 3 metrics

We show the highest score from the newest CVSS version. Scores from different versions can't be compared, and the first score listed is sometimes a 0.0 placeholder.

Version Score Band Vector Assigner Type

CVSS 3.1 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CISA-ADP Secondary published

CVSS 3.0 7.5 HIGH CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H NVD Primary

CVSS 2.0 5.0 none AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P NVD Primary

Version	Score	Band	Vector	Assigner	Type
CVSS 3.1	7.5	HIGH	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	CISA-ADP	Secondary	published
CVSS 3.0	7.5	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`	NVD	Primary
CVSS 2.0	5.0	none	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`	NVD	Primary

Affected software and releases

Oracle advisories

Advisory	Type	Quarter	Products Oracle names in its risk matrix
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q2	Oracle Retail Applications / Sales Audit Maintenance (Apache POI) (14.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2021 ↗	CPU	2021-Q1	Oracle Fusion Middleware / General (Apache POI) (11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q3	Oracle Insurance Applications / Architecture (Apache POI) (10.2.0, 10.2.4) Oracle Retail Applications / Retail Portal Framework (Apache POI) (5.5)
Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q2	Oracle Communications Applications / Bulk Import (Apache POI) (7.3.0, 7.4.0) Oracle Communications Applications / IDIH Visualization (Apache POI) (8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.2.1) Oracle Financial Services Applications / Core (Apache POI) (12.0, 12.1) Oracle Fusion Middleware / Integrator ETL (Apache POI) (3.2.0) Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Apache POI) (7.1) Oracle Utilities Applications / Upload (Apache POI) (1.12.0.3, 2.3.0.1, 2.3.0.2, 2.4.0.0)
Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2020 ↗	CPU	2020-Q1	Oracle Enterprise Manager / Load Testing for Web Apps (Apache POI) (12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1) Oracle Enterprise Manager / Oracle Flow Builder (Apache POI) (12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1) Oracle Fusion Middleware / Studio (Apache POI) (3.2.0) Oracle PeopleSoft / Change Impact Analyzer (Apache POI) (8.56, 8.57) Oracle Supply Chain / Security (Apache POI) (9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.3.5, 9.3.6)
Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2019 ↗	CPU	2019-Q4	Oracle Construction and Engineering / Admin (Apache POI) (17.12) Oracle Construction and Engineering / Core (Apache POI) (16.1, 16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8) Oracle Construction and Engineering / Generic (Apache POI) (17.1, 17.2, 17.3) Oracle Construction and Engineering / Web Access (Apache POI) (15.1.0-15.2.18, 16.1.0-16.2.18, 17.1.0-17.12.14, 18.1.0-18.8.13) Oracle Fusion Middleware / Security Subsystem - 12c (Apache POI) (12.1.3.0.0)

Advisory

Type

Quarter

Products Oracle names in its risk matrix

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q2

Oracle Retail Applications / Sales Audit Maintenance (Apache POI) (14.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2021 ↗

CPU

2021-Q1

Oracle Fusion Middleware / General (Apache POI) (11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q3

Oracle Insurance Applications / Architecture (Apache POI) (10.2.0, 10.2.4)
Oracle Retail Applications / Retail Portal Framework (Apache POI) (5.5)

Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q2

Oracle Communications Applications / Bulk Import (Apache POI) (7.3.0, 7.4.0)
Oracle Communications Applications / IDIH Visualization (Apache POI) (8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.2.1)
Oracle Financial Services Applications / Core (Apache POI) (12.0, 12.1)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Integrator ETL (Apache POI) (3.2.0)
Oracle Retail Applications / Xenvironment (Apache POI) (7.1)
Oracle Utilities Applications / Upload (Apache POI) (1.12.0.3, 2.3.0.1, 2.3.0.2, 2.4.0.0)

Oracle Critical Patch Update January 2020 ↗

CPU

2020-Q1

Oracle Enterprise Manager / Load Testing for Web Apps (Apache POI) (12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1)
Oracle Enterprise Manager / Oracle Flow Builder (Apache POI) (12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Studio (Apache POI) (3.2.0)
Oracle PeopleSoft / Change Impact Analyzer (Apache POI) (8.56, 8.57)
Oracle Supply Chain / Security (Apache POI) (9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.3.5, 9.3.6)

Oracle Critical Patch Update October 2019 ↗

CPU

2019-Q4

Oracle Construction and Engineering / Admin (Apache POI) (17.12)
Oracle Construction and Engineering / Core (Apache POI) (16.1, 16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8)
Oracle Construction and Engineering / Generic (Apache POI) (17.1, 17.2, 17.3)
Oracle Construction and Engineering / Web Access (Apache POI) (15.1.0-15.2.18, 16.1.0-16.2.18, 17.1.0-17.12.14, 18.1.0-18.8.13)
Oracle Fusion Middleware / Security Subsystem - 12c (Apache POI) (12.1.3.0.0)

Oracle components and versions

Family	Component	Versions, as Oracle lists them	Read as
Oracle Communications Applications	Bulk Import (Apache POI)	7.3.0, 7.4.0	7.3.0 · 7.4.0
Oracle Communications Applications	IDIH Visualization (Apache POI)	8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.2.1	8.0.0 · 8.1.0 · 8.2.0 · 8.2.1
Oracle Construction and Engineering	Admin (Apache POI)	17.12	17.12
Oracle Construction and Engineering	Core (Apache POI)	16.1, 16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8	16.1 · 16.2 · 18.8
Oracle Construction and Engineering	Generic (Apache POI)	17.1, 17.2, 17.3	17.1 · 17.2 · 17.3
Oracle Construction and Engineering	Web Access (Apache POI)	15.1.0-15.2.18, 16.1.0-16.2.18, 17.1.0-17.12.14, 18.1.0-18.8.13
Oracle Enterprise Manager	Load Testing for Web Apps (Apache POI)	12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1	12.5.0.3 · 13.1.0.1 · 13.2.0.1 · 13.3.0.1
Oracle Enterprise Manager	Oracle Flow Builder (Apache POI)	12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1	12.5.0.3 · 13.1.0.1 · 13.2.0.1 · 13.3.0.1
Oracle Financial Services Applications	Core (Apache POI)	12.0, 12.1	12.0 · 12.1
Oracle Fusion Middleware	General (Apache POI)	11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0	11.1.1.9.0 · 12.2.1.3.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Integrator ETL (Apache POI)	3.2.0	3.2.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Security Subsystem - 12c (Apache POI)	12.1.3.0.0	12.1.3.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Studio (Apache POI)	3.2.0	3.2.0
Oracle Insurance Applications	Architecture (Apache POI)	10.2.0, 10.2.4	10.2.0 · 10.2.4
Oracle PeopleSoft	Change Impact Analyzer (Apache POI)	8.56, 8.57	8.56 · 8.57
Oracle Retail Applications	Retail Portal Framework (Apache POI)	5.5	5.5
Oracle Retail Applications	Sales Audit Maintenance (Apache POI)	14.0	14.0
Oracle Retail Applications	Xenvironment (Apache POI)	7.1	7.1
Oracle Supply Chain	Security (Apache POI)	9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.3.5, 9.3.6	9.3.3 · 9.3.4 · 9.3.5 · 9.3.6
Oracle Utilities Applications	Upload (Apache POI)	1.12.0.3, 2.3.0.1, 2.3.0.2, 2.4.0.0	1.12.0.3 · 2.3.0.1 · 2.3.0.2 · 2.4.0.0

Family

Component

Versions, as Oracle lists them

Read as

Oracle Communications Applications

Bulk Import (Apache POI)

7.3.0, 7.4.0

7.3.0 · 7.4.0

Oracle Communications Applications

IDIH Visualization (Apache POI)

8.0.0, 8.1.0, 8.2.0, 8.2.1

8.0.0 · 8.1.0 · 8.2.0 · 8.2.1

Oracle Construction and Engineering

Admin (Apache POI)

17.12

Oracle Construction and Engineering

Core (Apache POI)

16.1, 16.2, 17.7-17.12, 18.8

16.1 · 16.2 · 18.8

Oracle Construction and Engineering

Generic (Apache POI)

17.1, 17.2, 17.3

17.1 · 17.2 · 17.3

Oracle Construction and Engineering

Web Access (Apache POI)

15.1.0-15.2.18, 16.1.0-16.2.18, 17.1.0-17.12.14, 18.1.0-18.8.13

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Load Testing for Web Apps (Apache POI)

12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1

12.5.0.3 · 13.1.0.1 · 13.2.0.1 · 13.3.0.1

Oracle Enterprise Manager

Oracle Flow Builder (Apache POI)

12.5.0.3, 13.1.0.1, 13.2.0.1, 13.3.0.1

12.5.0.3 · 13.1.0.1 · 13.2.0.1 · 13.3.0.1

Oracle Financial Services Applications

Core (Apache POI)

12.0, 12.1

12.0 · 12.1

Oracle Fusion Middleware

General (Apache POI)

11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0

11.1.1.9.0 · 12.2.1.3.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Integrator ETL (Apache POI)

3.2.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Security Subsystem - 12c (Apache POI)

12.1.3.0.0

Oracle Fusion Middleware

Studio (Apache POI)

3.2.0

Oracle Insurance Applications

Architecture (Apache POI)

10.2.0, 10.2.4

10.2.0 · 10.2.4

Oracle PeopleSoft

Change Impact Analyzer (Apache POI)

8.56, 8.57

8.56 · 8.57

Oracle Retail Applications

Retail Portal Framework (Apache POI)

5.5

Oracle Retail Applications

Sales Audit Maintenance (Apache POI)

14.0

Oracle Retail Applications

Xenvironment (Apache POI)

7.1

Oracle Supply Chain

Security (Apache POI)

9.3.3, 9.3.4, 9.3.5, 9.3.6

9.3.3 · 9.3.4 · 9.3.5 · 9.3.6

Oracle Utilities Applications

Upload (Apache POI)

1.12.0.3, 2.3.0.1, 2.3.0.2, 2.4.0.0

1.12.0.3 · 2.3.0.1 · 2.3.0.2 · 2.4.0.0

Maven packages

Affected and fixed versions, from OSV.dev

Package Introduced Fixed Last affected

org.apache.poi:poi 0 3.17 unbounded

Package	Introduced	Fixed	Last affected
`org.apache.poi:poi`	0	`3.17`	unbounded

Products and versions

2 products, 2 version entries

Source	Vendor	Product	Scheme	Affected versions
nvd	apache	poi	generic	＜ 3.17
osv	org.apache.poi	poi	generic	＜ 3.17

Source

Vendor

Product

Scheme

Affected versions

nvd

apache

poi

generic

＜ 3.17

osv

org.apache.poi

poi

generic

＜ 3.17

References

URL	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:1322	WEB
https://github.com/apache/poi	PACKAGE
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b%40%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/453d9af5dbabaccd9afb58d27279a9dbfe8e35f4e5ea1645ddd6960b@%3Cdev.poi.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2020.html	WEB
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	WEB

URL

Timeline

Published	2018-01-29	By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified	2026-06-17	NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

Published

2018-01-29

By the CVE Program.

NVD record modified

2026-06-17

NVD's own last-modified date for this record.

How VRT decided (17 of 24 rules ran)

17 of 24 rules ran. The rest didn't run because an earlier rule had already settled the CVE.

# Rule Outcome Status Detail

identity: Does this identifier describe a vulnerability at all? the first rule that matches decides

1 rejected no match CVE Program withdrawal of this identifier

scope: Is it a vulnerability Waratek protects? the first rule that matches decides

2 armr-patch-file no match An ARMR patch file on disk for this CVE

3 armr-secure-rule-file no match An ARMR security-rule template on disk for this CVE

4 manual-classification no match A researcher's recorded decision for this specific CVE

5 manual classification no match Manual classification of this CVE in the legacy dataset

6 non-java-upstream no match A root cause in non-Java code: an OS kernel, a C library, or a bundled runtime

7 oracle-component no match The defect being in a component of a tracked product the agent does not reach: JavaFX, the Java SE installer, the JInitiator browser plug-in, the native WebLogic proxy plug-in, or a native part of Oracle Application Server or Collaboration Suite (HTTP Server, Web Cache, Internet Directory, mail and calendar servers). Oracle gives these no CPE of their own and names them only in the description.

8 java-client-side no match Oracle's own risk-matrix note saying the CVE is reached only through untrusted code in the Java sandbox (applets, Web Start) or only through a client installation of Java, so a server running its own trusted code is not exposed

9 osv-maven matched In scope Maven packages: org.apache.poi:poi

10 cna-maven-package not reached An affected Maven artifact named by the CNA itself

11 known-cpe-product not reached An NVD CPE naming a product ARMR tracks

12 cna-cpe-product not reached A CPE the CNA published naming a tracked product. Oracle publishes these on advisory day, months before NVD.

13 oracle-advisory-family not reached A tracked product family named in Oracle's own risk matrix. CPE cannot carry a suite name, only a module.

14 cna-named-product not reached A tracked product named in words by the CVE's own CNA, on a record with no CPE yet. Apache and Eclipse publish these on advisory day, before NVD adds CPE data.

15 non-deployable-product not reached The only affected product being a sealed appliance image, where Java runs but no -javaagent can be attached

16 unmatched-product not reached No tracked product matched above, and none present at all

disposition: What do we do about one that is? every rule runs

17 patch-hint no match A reference pointing at the upstream fix: a commit, a PR, a Red Hat bug

18 open-source-maven matched Mitigation candidate Open-source Maven artifact indexed by OSV (Maven packages: org.apache.poi:poi). The source is public, which makes an ARMR patch rule a candidate; nothing here establishes that one can be written.

19 poc-derivable skipped An indexed exploit clearing the evidence bar to reverse-engineer, where there is no source to read

20 no-exploit skipped Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read

21 secure-rule-match no match A vulnerability class already blocked by an ARMR security rule

22 exploited-no-fix-or-poc skipped Somebody exploiting this CVE (a CISA or VulnCheck KEV listing, or a CISA verdict of active exploitation), with no fix, source code or PoC to build a rule from

23 below-action-threshold no match Severity is HIGH — only MEDIUM/LOW are deprioritized

24 no-exploit-published decided it matched No exploit published No exploit code has been published, and an upstream fix path does exist, so the remediation half of the candidacy still holds.

Products the scope rules checked

The products this CVE's record names, and whether VRT tracks each one. The scope rules decided on these.

Vendor Product Tracked CPE Source

apache poi tracked cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* yaml

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