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CVE-2012-0213

First published: Thu Mar 01 2012(Updated: )

A flaw was found in the way Apache POI, the Java API for Microsoft Office file formats, handles memory when processing certain Channel Definition Format (CDF) / Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) documents. Apache POI allocates arrays with arbitrary sizes specified in the document. A remote attacker could exploit this flaw by providing a specially-crafted CDF / CFBF file to an application using Apache POI, leading to an to OutOfMemoryError exception in the current thread, or potentially destabilization of the whole Java Virtual Machine instance.

Credit: security@debian.org security@debian.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
maven/org.apache.poi:poi-scratchpad<3.10-beta1
3.10-beta1
maven/org.apache.poi:poi<3.10-beta1
3.10-beta1
Apache POI<=3.8
Apache POI=0.1
Apache POI=0.2
Apache POI=0.3
Apache POI=0.4
Apache POI=0.5
Apache POI=0.6
Apache POI=0.7
Apache POI=0.10.0
Apache POI=0.11.0
Apache POI=0.12.0
Apache POI=0.13.0
Apache POI=0.14.0
Apache POI=1.0.0
Apache POI=1.0.1
Apache POI=1.0.2
Apache POI=1.1.0
Apache POI=1.2.0
Apache POI=1.5
Apache POI=1.5.1
Apache POI=1.7-dev
Apache POI=1.8-dev
Apache POI=1.10-dev
Apache POI=2.0
Apache POI=2.0-pre1
Apache POI=2.0-pre2
Apache POI=2.0-pre3
Apache POI=2.0-rc1
Apache POI=2.0-rc2
Apache POI=2.5
Apache POI=2.5.1
Apache POI=3.0
Apache POI=3.0-alpha1
Apache POI=3.0-alpha2
Apache POI=3.0-alpha3
Apache POI=3.0.1
Apache POI=3.0.2
Apache POI=3.0.2-beta1
Apache POI=3.0.2-beta2
Apache POI=3.1
Apache POI=3.1-beta1
Apache POI=3.1-beta2
Apache POI=3.2
Apache POI=3.5
Apache POI=3.5-beta1
Apache POI=3.5-beta2
Apache POI=3.5-beta3
Apache POI=3.5-beta4
Apache POI=3.5-beta5
Apache POI=3.5-beta6
Apache POI=3.6
Apache POI=3.7
Apache POI=3.7-beta1
Apache POI=3.7-beta2
Apache POI=3.7-beta3
Apache POI=3.8-beta1
Apache POI=3.8-beta2
Apache POI=3.8-beta3
Apache POI=3.8-beta4
Apache POI=3.8-beta5
<=3.8
=0.1
=0.2
=0.3
=0.4
=0.5
=0.6
=0.7
=0.10.0
=0.11.0
=0.12.0
=0.13.0
=0.14.0
=1.0.0
=1.0.1
=1.0.2
=1.1.0
=1.2.0
=1.5
=1.5.1
=1.7-dev
=1.8-dev
=1.10-dev
=2.0
=2.0-pre1
=2.0-pre2
=2.0-pre3
=2.0-rc1
=2.0-rc2
=2.5
=2.5.1
=3.0
=3.0-alpha1
=3.0-alpha2
=3.0-alpha3
=3.0.1
=3.0.2
=3.0.2-beta1
=3.0.2-beta2
=3.1
=3.1-beta1
=3.1-beta2
=3.2
=3.5
=3.5-beta1
=3.5-beta2
=3.5-beta3
=3.5-beta4
=3.5-beta5
=3.5-beta6
=3.6
=3.7
=3.7-beta1
=3.7-beta2
=3.7-beta3
=3.8-beta1
=3.8-beta2
=3.8-beta3
=3.8-beta4
=3.8-beta5

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