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Improper Input Validation and Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in poi-scratchpad

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 5, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated May 15, 2024

Package

maven org.apache.poi:poi-scratchpad (Maven)

Affected versions

>= 3.8-beta1, < 5.2.1

Patched versions

5.2.1

Description

A shortcoming in the HMEF package of poi-scratchpad (Apache POI) allows an attacker to cause an Out of Memory exception. This package is used to read TNEF files (Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server). If an application uses poi-scratchpad to parse TNEF files and the application allows untrusted users to supply them, then a carefully crafted file can cause an Out of Memory exception. This issue affects poi-scratchpad version 5.2.0 and prior versions. Users are recommended to upgrade to poi-scratchpad 5.2.1.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Mar 4, 2022
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 5, 2022
Reviewed Mar 7, 2022
Last updated May 15, 2024

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS score

0.049%
(19th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-26336

GHSA ID

GHSA-mqvp-7rrg-9jxc

Source code

No known source code

Credits

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