CVE-2016-2175

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CVSS 3.0

7.8 high

EPSS

4%p89

Published

Jun 1, 2016 (Jun 1, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

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.

Vendors: apache debian
Products: pdfbox, debian linux
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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