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CVE-2012-0213

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0213 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apache POI versions 3.8 and earlier, specifically within the UnhandledDataStructure function. An attacker can trigger an OutOfMemoryError and potentially destabilize the Java Virtual Machine by providing a crafted length value in a CDF or CFBF document. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:poi:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
7.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0750 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.poi:poiFixed in: 3.10-beta1
mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.poi:poi-scratchpadFixed in: 3.10-beta1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5.2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Portal 5Fixed in: Portal

Vendor Advisories (2)

mavenGHSA-jqx5-h2hw-5q4fmedium

Denial of Service in Apache POI

May 4, 2022
redhatCVE-2012-0213Moderate

jakarta: JVM destabilization due to memory exhaustion when processing CDF/CFBF files

May 9, 2012

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2012-August/084609.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/49040
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/50549
wiki.mageia.org / en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0044
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
debian.org / security/2012/dsa-2468
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / bid/53487