CVE-2017-12620

CVSS V2 High 7.5 CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
Description
When loading models or dictionaries that contain XML it is possible to perform an XXE attack, since Apache OpenNLP is a library, this only affects applications that load models or dictionaries from untrusted sources. The versions 1.5.0 to 1.5.3, 1.6.0, 1.7.0 to 1.7.2, 1.8.0 to 1.8.1 of Apache OpenNLP are affected.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2017-12620
  • Assigner
  • security@apache.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-10-03T01:29:01
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-11-02T16:39:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-611 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/611.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:apache:opennlp:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 9.8
  • Base Severity
  • CRITICAL
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://opennlp.apache.org/news/cve-2017-12620.html Exploit Vendor Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12620
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12620
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 08:12:50 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 21:34:20 2017-10-03T01:29Z 2017-10-03T01:29:01 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 21:34:20 2017-11-02T16:39:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 21:34:21 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated