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high 7.5

CVE-2017-8315 json

Eclipse XML parser for the Eclipse IDE versions 2017.2.5 and earlier was found vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack.

published 2018-04-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17276

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Eclipse XML parser for the Eclipse IDE versions 2017.2.5 and earlier was found vulnerable to an XML External Entity attack. An attacker can exploit the vulnerability by implementing malicious code on Androidmanifest.xml.

Patch / fix

  • apktool Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8315

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-8315 updated cvss 5.6

eclipse-andmore: XML External Entity attack in AndroidManifest.xml parsing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 eclipse Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 eclipse, eclipse-jdt, eclipse-pde, eclipse-rcp, eclipse-swt, eclipse-platform Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 eclipse-jdt, eclipse-pde, eclipse-swt, eclipse-platform, eclipse-equinox-osgi, eclipse-p2-discovery Red Hat Software Collections rh-eclipse46-eclipse-jdt, rh-eclipse46-eclipse-pde, rh-eclipse46-eclipse-swt, rh-eclipse46-eclipse-tests, rh-eclipse46-eclipse-platform, rh-eclipse46-eclipse-equinox-osgi, +2 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • research.checkpoint.com https://research.checkpoint.com/parsedroid-targeting-android-development-research-community/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. Eclipse

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.