CVE-2016-2175

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-01 · updated 2026-06-17

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.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache PDFBox: 1.8.0, 1.8.1, 1.8.2, 1.8.3, 1.8.4, 1.8.5 (+10)
Debian Linux: 8.0

References

http://mail-archives.us.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201605.mbox/%3C83a03bcf-f86b-4688-37b5-615c080291d8%40apache.org%3E
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0179.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0248.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0249.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0272.html
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3606
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538503/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90902
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ad5fbc86c1d1821ae1b963e8561ab6d6a5f66b2848e84f5a31477f54%40%3Ccommits.tika.apache.org%3E

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