CVE-2016-2175
HIGH7.8EPSS 5.9%libpdfbox-java - security update
Published: 10/17/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
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.
Affected packages (4)
- Debian/libpdfbox-javafrom 0, < 1:1.8.12-1
- Debian/libpdfbox-javafrom 0, < 1:1.7.0+dfsg-4+deb7u1
- Debian/libpdfbox-javafrom 0, < 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1
- Maven/org.apache.pdfbox:pdfboxfrom 0, < 1.8.12
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (15)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2175
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2175
- WEBhttp://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%[email protected]%3E
- WEBhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html
- WEBhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
- WEBhttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54@%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E
- WEBhttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
- WEBhttp://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565
- WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded
- WEBhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902