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CVE-2016-2175
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…
High7.8EPSS 3.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.8% · top 9.8% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Mavenorg.apache.pdfbox:pdfboxGHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98 (opens in a new tab)
References (12)
- RHSA-2017:0179 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137214/Apache-PDFBox-1.8.11-2.0.0-XML-Injection.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [www-announce] 20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3606 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20160527 [CVE-2016-2175] Apache PDFBox XML External Entity vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739564 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 90902 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1739565 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0272 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0248 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:0249 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [tika-commits] 20190802 svn commit: r1864259 [1/17] - in /tika/site: publish/ publish/1.10/ publish/1.11/ publish/1.12/ publish/1.13/ publish/1.14/ publish/1.15/ publish/1.16/ publish/1.17/ publish/1.18/ publish/1.19.1/ publish/1.19/ publish/1.20/ publish/1.21/ publish/1.22/ ... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4c32-xmgj-2g98 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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