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CVE-2021-20838

Office Server Document Converter V7.2MR4 and earlier and V7.1MR7 and earlier allows a remote...

7.5 High

Office Server Document Converter V7.2MR4 and earlier and V7.1MR7 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by processing a specially crafted XML document.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

1.52%Up 0.5 points since Nov 1, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Office Server Document Converter V7.2MR4 and earlier and V7.1MR7 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by processing a specially crafted XML document.

Record
CVE-2021-20838
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness
CWE-611
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Office Server Document Converter V7.2MR4 and earlier and V7.1MR7 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by processing a specially crafted XML document.

Record
CVE-2021-20838
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8250 No score

Office Server Document Converter V7.2MR4 and earlier and V7.1MR7 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by processing a specially crafted XML document.

Record
EUVD-2021-8250
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q423-xqrx-xqpf No score

Office Server Document Converter V7.2MR4 and earlier and V7.1MR7 and earlier allows a remote...

Office Server Document Converter V7.2MR4 and earlier and V7.1MR7 and earlier allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to conduct an XML External Entity (XXE) attack to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition by processing a specially crafted XML document.

Record
GHSA-q423-xqrx-xqpf
Weakness
CWE-611
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2021-20838 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Antenna House, Inc. Office Server Document Converter, published November 1, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.52%, the 74th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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