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 (2)
Core 2
Core References
Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread/sprg0kq986pc2271dc3v2oxb1f9qx09j
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20221028-0006/
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0004
EPSS Percentile
12.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-770
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (3)
apache/poi
< 5.2.1
netapp/active_iq_unified_manager
(3 CPE variants)
org.apache.poi/poi-scratchpad
3.8-beta1 - 5.2.1Maven
Published
Mar 04, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026