CVE-2016-2175

CWE-611 — XML External Entity (XXE)12 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGH
EPSS
3.4%
top 12.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Apache PdfboxDebian Debian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJun 1
Latest updateOct 17

Description

Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize the XML parsers, which allows context-dependent attackers to conduct XML External Entity (XXE) attacks via a crafted PDF.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶Mavenorg.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox2.0.0 — 2.0.1+1
▶NVDapache/pdfbox13 versions+12
▶Debianlibpdfbox-java< 1:1.8.12-1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0

Patches

Patch: svn.apache.org ↗Patch: svn.apache.org ↗Patch: svn.apache.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox↗2018-10-17
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OSV
High severity vulnerability that affects org.apache.pdfbox:pdfbox↗2018-10-17
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GHSA
Apache Tika does not properly initialize the XML parser or choose handlers↗2018-10-17
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CVEList
CVE-2016-2175: Apache PDFBox before 1↗2016-06-01
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OSV
CVE-2016-2175: Apache PDFBox before 1↗2016-06-01
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Red Hat
pdfbox: XML External Entity vulnerability↗2016-05-27
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Red Hat
tika: XML External Entity vulnerability↗2016-05-26
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Debian
CVE-2016-2175: libpdfbox-java - Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x before 2.0.1 does not properly initialize th...↗2016
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Apache
Apache tika: CVE-2016-2175↗
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2175 pdfbox: XML External Entity vulnerability↗2016-05-27
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-2175 pdfbox: XML External Entity vulnerability [fedora-all]↗2016-05-27
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CVE-2016-2175 (HIGH CVSS 7.8) | Apache PDFBox before 1.8.12 and 2.x | cvebase.io