CVE-2012-0213

Description

The UnhandledDataStructure function in hwpf/model/UnhandledDataStructure.java in Apache POI 3.8 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (OutOfMemoryError exception and possibly JVM destabilization) via a crafted length value in a Channel Definition Format (CDF) or Compound File Binary Format (CFBF) document.

Affected packages (3)

• Debian/libjakarta-poi-javafrom 0, < 3.6+dfsg-1+squeeze1
• Maven/org.apache.poi:poifrom 0, < 3.10-beta1
• Maven/org.apache.poi:poi-scratchpadfrom 0, < 3.10-beta1

References (8)

• ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0213
• PATCHhttps://github.com/apache/poi
• WEBhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/084609.html
• WEBhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=799078
• WEBhttps://github.com/apache/poi/commit/25bc679244188d63de690354db0e3f301291e252
• WEBhttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0044
• WEBhttp://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21996759
• WEBhttp://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2468