7.8

CVE-2016-2175: apache pdfbox

CVSS: 7.8v3.0HighModified
AliasesMGASA-2016-0253UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2175DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2175
Published 01-06-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2175 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in apache pdfbox. EPSS estimates a 3.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.84%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 01-06-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.84%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.84% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
3.84%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • libpdfbox-java< 1:1.8.12-1 | < 1:1.8.7+dfsg-1+deb8u1 | < 1:1.7.0+dfsg-4+deb7u1
  • debian_linuxEOL8.0
Apache1 product
  • pdfbox1.8.0 | 1.8.1 | 1.8.2 | 1.8.3 | 1.8.4 | 1.8.5 | 1.8.6 | 1.8.7 | 1.8.8 | 1.8.9 | 1.8.10 | 1.8.11 | 2.0 | 2.0:rc1 | 2.0:rc2 | 2.0:rc3
Mageia1 product
  • pdfbox< 1.8.7-1.1.mga5
Org.apache.pdfbox1 product
  • pdfbox< 1.8.12 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • libpdfbox-javaAll versions (No fix recorded)

5 vendors · 6 products

References

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